M4.8 earthquake 90 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 90 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 7:39 AM GMT+13 (18:39 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 77 km E 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-25 18:39:27 UTC
- Depth
- 50.2 km (31.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.527° S, 173.187° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.8 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.989 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1371 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 1371 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.077 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1340 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.8Tonga · 1332 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.579 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1326 days ago · 120 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.6150 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1395 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.569 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1399 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.876 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1401 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.0Tonga · 1405 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.775 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1406 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jbmn. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:31 AM UTC.