M4.3 earthquake 157 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 157 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, May 25, 2022, 3:27 AM GMT-12 (15:27 UTC), 163 km (101 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-25 15:27:54 UTC
- Depth
- 162.8 km (101.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.201° S, 174.502° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.081 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1590 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 6.3129 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1580 days ago · 237 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 4.1163 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1578 days ago · 186 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.0141 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1572 days ago · 144 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.6101 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1570 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4132 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1570 days ago · 147 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.7105 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1566 days ago · 96 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2151 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1546 days ago · 299 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.7142 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1546 days ago · 240 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hdm5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:16 PM UTC.