M4.5 earthquake 67 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 67 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Aug 12, 2022, 3:21 PM GMT+13 (02:21 UTC), 170 km (105 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 73 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
- 2022-08-12 02:21:25 UTC
- Depth
- 169.7 km (105.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.222° S, 174.360° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.517 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1501 days ago · 84 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.247 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1488 days ago · 158 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.534 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1481 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.449 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1466 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.973 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1456 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 4.4Tonga · 1513 days ago · 117 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.418 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1514 days ago · 153 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3145 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1518 days ago · 264 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4114 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1530 days ago · 263 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.745 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1541 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ia38. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:51 AM UTC.