Tonga earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 125 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 125 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Dec 5, 2022, 9:27 AM GMT+13 (20:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 109 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-04 20:27:21 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.032° S, 173.123° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
115°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5119 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1398 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.1122 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1398 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 5.6109 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1397 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  4. 5.5Samoa Islands region · 1395 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 4.3115 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1391 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.3115 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1386 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 4.9Tonga · 1355 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 4.9107 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 4.8118 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1347 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 4.3102 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 5.077 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1340 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 6.8109 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1398 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 19 · tsunami flag
  2. 4.4118 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1398 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.6126 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1400 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.5104 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 1409 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.4127 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1412 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.6121 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1413 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.3112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1414 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.5Samoa Islands region · 1421 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 4.3114 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1421 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 4.793 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1423 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.7108 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1427 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j6wk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC.