M4.2 earthquake 160 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 160 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Jun 2, 2025, 2:15 PM GMT+13 (01:15 UTC), 269 km (167 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 161 km NNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-06-02 01:15:34 UTC
- Depth
- 269.4 km (167.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.149° S, 175.715° 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 16.4 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4141 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 488 days ago · 249 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.6162 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 487 days ago · 198 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4157 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 478 days ago · 260 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.5161 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 463 days ago · 229 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6215 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 433 days ago · 308 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ql1e. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:57 PM UTC.