M5.0 earthquake 200 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 200 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Oct 23, 2022, 10:41 AM GMT+13 (21:41 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 Samoa Islands region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-22 21:41:13 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.266° S, 172.499° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 81
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2Samoa Islands region · 1434 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.6122 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1430 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8102 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1428 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6198 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1410 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.7Tonga region · 1402 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6150 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1396 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ivtv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:44 PM UTC.