M4.4 earthquake 118 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 118 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 1:05 PM GMT+13 (00:05 UTC), 171 km (106 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 105 km NNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-23 00:05:43 UTC
- Depth
- 170.7 km (106.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.542° S, 175.452° 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 11.4 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7113 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 732 days ago · 161 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.684 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 728 days ago · 110 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.8105 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 693 days ago · 143 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.6134 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 692 days ago · 207 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 4.595 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 768 days ago · 100 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.392 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 768 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away
- 6.065 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 768 days ago · 99 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 6.975 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 768 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 24 · tsunami flag
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ngty. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.