M4.4 earthquake 234 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 234 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, May 13, 2025, 5:13 PM GMT+13 (04:13 UTC), 311 km (193 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-13 04:13:47 UTC
- Depth
- 310.5 km (193.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.401° S, 176.545° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 69
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 496 days ago · 572 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4268 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 494 days ago · 361 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2160 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 489 days ago · 269 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4141 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 488 days ago · 249 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4157 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 478 days ago · 260 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3261 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 476 days ago · 338 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0271 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 467 days ago · 376 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.5161 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 463 days ago · 229 km deep · 76 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pyxv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:59 AM UTC.