M4.4 earthquake 171 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 171 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, Jan 7, 2025, 7:10 AM GMT+13 (18:10 UTC), 273 km (169 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 81 km WNW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-06 18:10:04 UTC
- Depth
- 272.7 km (169.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.372° S, 175.920° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.381 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 632 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.679 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 623 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4175 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 621 days ago · 188 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4132 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 619 days ago · 250 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1218 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 613 days ago · 293 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3240 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 592 days ago · 351 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6177 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 589 days ago · 213 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5132 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 589 days ago · 196 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4135 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 587 days ago · 268 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pi80. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC.