Tonga earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 112 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 112 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Mar 5, 2022, 8:14 AM GMT-12 (20:14 UTC), 152 km (94 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2022-03-05 20:14:28 UTC
Depth
151.8 km (94.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
16.813° S, 174.361° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
62°
Stations used
84

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1101 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1670 days ago · 316 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.3116 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1668 days ago · 139 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.2137 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1665 days ago · 108 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 4.2113 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1665 days ago · 296 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.951 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1659 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.6117 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1658 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.3165 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1647 days ago · 252 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 5.2127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1642 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.5181 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1632 days ago · 266 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 4.786 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1623 days ago · 118 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 4.3130 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1622 days ago · 126 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.536 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1616 days ago · 138 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 4.475 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1677 days ago · 284 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 5.925 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1681 days ago · 163 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.7143 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1698 days ago · 151 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.9102 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1699 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h2fg. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC.