M4.6 earthquake 38 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 38 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 3:17 PM GMT+13 (02:17 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 70 km SSW 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-16 02:17:53 UTC
- Depth
- 105.0 km (65.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.865° S, 174.714° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 12.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.679 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 623 days ago · 69 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.170 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 608 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5132 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 589 days ago · 196 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.797 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 573 days ago · 119 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pkbs. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:01 AM UTC.