M4.4 earthquake 176 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 176 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 12:46 AM GMT-12 (12:46 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 181 km SW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-15 12:46:43 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.426° S, 175.376° 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 8.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3165 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1649 days ago · 252 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5181 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1634 days ago · 266 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4216 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1634 days ago · 370 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1605 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h5t5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.