M4.2 earthquake 123 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 123 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Jun 1, 2022, 12:23 AM GMT+13 (11:23 UTC), 254 km (158 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 114 km WNW 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
- 2022-05-31 11:23:20 UTC
- Depth
- 253.7 km (157.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.273° S, 174.708° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1121 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1582 days ago · 275 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4114 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1530 days ago · 263 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 4.292 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1593 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.0130 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1593 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.8112 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1595 days ago · 280 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.499 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1601 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1605 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.261 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1606 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hdsv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:03 PM UTC.