Tonga earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 68 km SE of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 68 km SE of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 8:37 PM GMT+13 (07:37 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 79 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-04-01 07:37:26 UTC
Depth
14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.281° S, 173.919° 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 9.7 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.990 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 551 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.3100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 550 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.531 km NE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 548 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.5122 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 547 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 5.192 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 547 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.572 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 541 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 4.374 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 539 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.761 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 533 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 4.9116 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 530 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 5.0139 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 530 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 4.592 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 523 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 4.3117 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 523 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 5.1120 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 523 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 5.479 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 511 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 4.5136 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 511 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 4.4110 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 506 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 4.481 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 493 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 4.9115 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 552 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.9103 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 552 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 4.3122 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.7100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 5.263 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.691 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 4.3132 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.851 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 4.427 km ENE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 5.953 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 5.098 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 6.272 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 4.756 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 4.968 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 4.375 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 4.590 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 7.061 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 27 · tsunami flag
  18. 4.583 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga · 555 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 4.3132 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 562 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 4.8114 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 567 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q5e8. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:34 PM UTC.