M4.5 earthquake 181 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 181 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 8:33 PM GMT-12 (08:33 UTC), 266 km (166 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 129 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-04-12 08:33:54 UTC
- Depth
- 266.4 km (165.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.132° S, 174.985° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3130 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1624 days ago · 126 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3139 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1598 days ago · 131 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3157 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1592 days ago · 163 km deep · 52 km away
- 6.3129 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1582 days ago · 237 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
- 4.1163 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1579 days ago · 186 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h1fv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:13 AM UTC.