M4.3 earthquake 116 km S of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 116 km S of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 3:03 PM GMT-12 (03:03 UTC), 139 km (86 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 127 km SSW of Hihifo, 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-08 03:03:27 UTC
- Depth
- 138.8 km (86.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.006° S, 173.787° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 104
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2137 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1664 days ago · 108 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.951 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1659 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6117 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1657 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.2127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1642 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.786 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1623 days ago · 118 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3130 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1621 days ago · 126 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.536 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1616 days ago · 138 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.954 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1615 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h2y3. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC.