M4.6 earthquake 118 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 118 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Mar 8, 2022, 4:11 AM GMT+13 (15:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 54 km SE 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-07 15:11:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.943° S, 172.690° 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 11.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.640 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1662 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.356 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1653 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6123 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1650 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.744 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1644 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7115 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1641 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.8127 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1636 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6105 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1621 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.286 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1620 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.954 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1618 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h3tn. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC.