M4.5 earthquake 115 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 115 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, May 10, 2022, 2:21 AM GMT+13 (13:21 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 124 km SSE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-09 13:21:56 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.757° S, 173.100° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.446 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1608 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8124 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1608 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3149 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1589 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5202 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1572 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7151 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1570 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5176 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1566 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6104 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1566 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5159 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1549 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hlhu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:01 PM UTC.