M4.7 earthquake 143 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 143 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Feb 4, 2022, 8:20 PM GMT-12 (08:20 UTC), 151 km (94 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 127 km SSW 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-02-05 08:20:44 UTC
- Depth
- 151.3 km (94.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.149° S, 174.312° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- Stations used
- 54
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7112 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1670 days ago · 152 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3116 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1667 days ago · 139 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2137 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1664 days ago · 108 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.951 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1659 days ago · 85 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6117 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1657 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3165 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1647 days ago · 252 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.2127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1642 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.9102 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.7122 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1702 days ago · 87 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.670 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1704 days ago · 147 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2101 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 164 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.6151 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 69 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.355 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1717 days ago · 144 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6137 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 1718 days ago · 109 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 4.493 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1725 days ago · 112 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.277 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1725 days ago · 124 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3120 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1727 days ago · 124 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gi7w. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC.