M4.3 earthquake 162 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 162 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga on Mon, Jun 22, 2015, 4:57 PM GMT+13 (03:57 UTC), 190 km (118 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 212 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-22 03:57:52 UTC
- Depth
- 190.3 km (118.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.877° S, 176.002° 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 23.1 km horizontally, 14.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8167 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4088 days ago · 226 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3106 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 4086 days ago · 231 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4102 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4079 days ago · 209 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5131 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4077 days ago · 230 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.9147 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4075 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.4212 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4072 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002vzk. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.