M4.5 earthquake 117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, May 11, 2022, 1:33 PM GMT-12 (01:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 130 km W 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
- 2022-05-12 01:33:18 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.924° S, 174.889° 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 13.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.499 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1601 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.8112 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1594 days ago · 280 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.0130 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1593 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.292 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1593 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2123 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1585 days ago · 254 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1121 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1581 days ago · 275 km deep · 18 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hm1h. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:00 AM UTC.