M4.5 earthquake 95 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 95 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Aug 26, 2024, 12:50 PM GMT+13 (23:50 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 113 km W of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-25 23:50:18 UTC
- Depth
- 100.5 km (62.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.852° S, 175.263° 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 14.7 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4118 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 740 days ago · 171 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7113 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 732 days ago · 161 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.684 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 728 days ago · 110 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 5.392 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 768 days ago · 101 km deep · 2 km away
- 6.065 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 768 days ago · 99 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 6.975 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 768 days ago · 96 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 24 · tsunami flag
- 4.7142 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 774 days ago · 200 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nhim. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:45 AM UTC.