M4.7 earthquake 45 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 45 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 12:17 AM GMT+13 (11:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 113 km ESE 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-14 11:17:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.344° S, 173.652° 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 10.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.418 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1514 days ago · 153 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.567 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1512 days ago · 170 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.517 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1501 days ago · 84 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.262 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1495 days ago · 53 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.247 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1487 days ago · 158 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.2113 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1485 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.534 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1481 days ago · 109 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i2cu. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC.