M4.7 earthquake 82 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 82 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 6:54 AM GMT+13 (17:54 UTC), 221 km (138 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 90 km NNW 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-28 17:54:27 UTC
- Depth
- 221.5 km (137.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.639° S, 174.493° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 155
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3118 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1434 days ago · 268 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.339 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1404 days ago · 146 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.490 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1397 days ago · 151 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2115 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1379 days ago · 249 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.4Tonga · 1438 days ago · 249 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.448 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1440 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.049 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1442 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.973 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1456 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1137 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1462 days ago · 221 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000il0r. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:34 AM UTC.