M4.8 earthquake 76 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 76 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Dec 1, 2022, 11:18 PM GMT+13 (10:18 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-01 10:18:57 UTC
- Depth
- 71.0 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.570° S, 173.467° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 164°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.569 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1402 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.6150 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1397 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.890 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1379 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.989 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1374 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 1373 days ago · 63 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.1Tonga · 1367 days ago · 152 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.559 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1363 days ago · 131 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.339 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1407 days ago · 146 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.0Tonga · 1408 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.775 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1409 days ago · 41 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.541 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1427 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.556 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1429 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.8102 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1429 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6122 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1431 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.455 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1432 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j5zs. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:15 AM UTC.