M4.2 earthquake 115 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 115 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 6:13 AM GMT+13 (17:13 UTC), 249 km (154 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 2022-12-23 17:13:41 UTC
- Depth
- 248.5 km (154.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.461° S, 174.747° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 27
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Tonga · 1370 days ago · 255 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.1Tonga · 1364 days ago · 152 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1115 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1349 days ago · 261 km deep · 18 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j2a2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:49 AM UTC.