Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 72 km SE of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 72 km SE of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 9:59 AM GMT+13 (20:59 UTC), 10 km (6 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
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-04-11 20:59:57 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.309° S, 173.905° 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 13.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.374 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 540 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.761 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 534 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.9116 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 531 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 5.0139 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 531 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.592 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 524 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.3117 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 524 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 5.1120 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 524 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 5.069 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 517 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 5.479 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 512 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 4.5136 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 512 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.4110 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 507 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 4.481 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 494 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 5.192 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 548 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.5122 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 548 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.531 km NE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 549 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.3100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 551 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 4.990 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 551 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.768 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 552 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 4.9115 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.9103 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 4.3122 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 4.7100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 554 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 5.263 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 554 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.691 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 554 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 4.3132 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 554 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 4.851 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 554 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 4.427 km ENE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 554 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 5.953 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 554 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 5.098 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 554 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 6.272 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 554 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 4.756 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 554 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 4.968 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 554 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000putu. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC.