M4.2 earthquake 92 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 92 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, May 24, 2022, 2:25 AM GMT+13 (13:25 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 6 km W 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-23 13:25:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.697° S, 174.617° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.76 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1590 days ago · 105 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2123 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1585 days ago · 254 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1121 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1581 days ago · 275 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 5.0130 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1593 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.8112 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1594 days ago · 280 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.8Tonga · 1597 days ago · 122 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
- 4.499 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1601 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.5117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1604 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.261 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1606 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.536 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1618 days ago · 138 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hd2y. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:47 AM UTC.