M4.6 earthquake 162 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 162 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Nov 2, 2022, 12:12 PM GMT+13 (23:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.8 109 km NE 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-11-01 23:12:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.892° S, 172.281° 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, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.793 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1422 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.9116 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1419 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6121 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1412 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.1121 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1408 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
- 6.8109 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1397 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 19 · tsunami flag
- 5.0Samoa Islands region · 1397 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000imjb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:44 AM UTC.