M4.5 earthquake 132 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 132 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Feb 23, 2025, 1:43 AM GMT+13 (12:43 UTC), 196 km (122 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 97 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-22 12:43:56 UTC
- Depth
- 195.7 km (121.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.774° S, 175.622° 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 15.0 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4135 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 587 days ago · 268 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.797 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 572 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.793 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 563 days ago · 137 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.577 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 530 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pfg3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC.