M4.6 earthquake 84 km SE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 84 km SE of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Aug 16, 2024, 5:54 AM GMT+13 (16:54 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 94 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-15 16:54:17 UTC
- Depth
- 27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.402° S, 173.831° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 11.3 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4104 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 776 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.8118 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 761 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.670 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 744 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.469 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 729 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.194 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 727 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.2103 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 781 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.8118 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 785 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.866 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 790 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 6.073 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 797 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 4.945 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 798 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.077 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 800 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000n77w. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:56 AM UTC.