M4.4 earthquake 132 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 132 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Thu, Jan 23, 2025, 5:48 AM GMT+13 (16:48 UTC), 250 km (156 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 153 km W of Neiafu, 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
- 2025-01-22 16:48:18 UTC
- Depth
- 250.3 km (155.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.268° S, 175.481° 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 13.1 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1218 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 613 days ago · 293 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.9153 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 595 days ago · 193 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.6177 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 590 days ago · 213 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5132 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 589 days ago · 196 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.797 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 573 days ago · 119 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.793 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 564 days ago · 137 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000plmi. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC.