M4.6 earthquake 114 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 114 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Feb 11, 2022, 6:51 AM GMT+13 (17:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 91 km NNE 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-02-10 17:51:16 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.014° S, 173.358° 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 9.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.542 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1689 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.673 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1688 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.991 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1686 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5123 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1674 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.5128 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1673 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1665 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3105 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1663 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.383 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1663 days ago · 151 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.9113 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1662 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.356 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1653 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3114 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1651 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.155 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1649 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3122 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1645 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.1117 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1644 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.744 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1644 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7115 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1641 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.7102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1636 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gl3r. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:20 PM UTC.