M4.3 earthquake 39 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 39 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 7:19 PM GMT+13 (06:19 UTC), 146 km (91 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 90 km NNW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-11-28 06:19:41 UTC
- Depth
- 146.4 km (91.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.081° S, 174.142° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.876 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1401 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.569 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1399 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.490 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1397 days ago · 151 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2115 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1379 days ago · 249 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.989 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1371 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 1371 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4132 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1364 days ago · 205 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.1Tonga · 1364 days ago · 152 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.559 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 131 km deep · 26 km away
Before
- 4.775 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1406 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4113 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1418 days ago · 210 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.541 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1424 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.556 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1426 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.455 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1429 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3118 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1434 days ago · 268 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j6bx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.