M4.5 earthquake 257 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 257 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Sep 1, 2022, 11:58 AM GMT-12 (23:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2022-09-01 23:58:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.947° S, 176.200° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2263 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1491 days ago · 379 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2218 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1466 days ago · 355 km deep · 41 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ii7x. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:37 AM UTC.