Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 46 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 46 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, May 10, 2022, 3:07 AM GMT+13 (14:07 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-05-09 14:07:04 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.101° S, 173.386° 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 17.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
132°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.261 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1608 days ago · 84 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 5.8Tonga · 1600 days ago · 122 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
  3. 4.5Tonga · 1598 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.362 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1593 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 4.76 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1593 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.991 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1589 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.788 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1579 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 4.6104 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1567 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.8111 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1567 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.4103 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1560 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 4.569 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1559 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 4.397 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1556 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 4.5115 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1609 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.954 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1619 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.536 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1621 days ago · 138 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.286 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1621 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.6105 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1622 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 4.786 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1627 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hlhq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:49 PM UTC.