M4.6 earthquake 87 km S of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 87 km S of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 12:12 PM GMT+13 (23:12 UTC), 35 km (22 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
- 2025-01-07 23:12:19 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.596° S, 174.252° 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 12.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 166°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.638 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 626 days ago · 105 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.170 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 608 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.093 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 593 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pkrs. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC.