M4.6 earthquake 42 km N of Kolonga, Tonga

Magnitude

4.6 (mb), light

Local time

Mon, Jan 31, 2022, 6:53 AM GMT+13

UTC

2022-01-30 17:53:26 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

20.745° S, 175.062° W

Region

Tonga

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 11.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.14

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

124°

Stations used

19

• Nuku‘alofa, TongaPopulation 22,400. Forecast46 kmNNE

After

1. 4.767 km N of Nuku‘alofa, TongaTue, Feb 1, 9:07 AM GMT+13 · 1702 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
2. 4.635 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaTue, Feb 1, 11:18 AM GMT+13 · 1702 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
3. 4.446 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaTue, Feb 1, 5:49 PM GMT+13 · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
4. 4.953 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaWed, Feb 2, 8:58 AM GMT+13 · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
5. 5.574 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, TongaWed, Feb 2, 11:26 PM GMT+13 · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
6. 4.782 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, TongaThu, Feb 3, 12:16 AM GMT+13 · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
7. 4.750 km NW of Haveluloto, TongaThu, Feb 3, 5:09 AM GMT+13 · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
8. 4.650 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaThu, Feb 3, 5:29 AM GMT+13 · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
9. 5.048 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaSat, Feb 5, 2:06 AM GMT+13 · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
10. 4.683 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, TongaSat, Feb 5, 4:04 AM GMT+13 · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
11. 4.651 km N of Nuku‘alofa, TongaSat, Feb 5, 9:15 AM GMT+13 · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
12. 4.958 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaMon, Feb 7, 1:21 AM GMT+13 · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
13. 4.761 km NNW of Houma, TongaTue, Feb 8, 2:05 AM GMT+13 · 1695 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
14. 4.666 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaTue, Feb 8, 7:06 AM GMT+13 · 1695 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
15. 4.954 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaWed, Feb 9, 8:21 PM GMT+13 · 1693 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
16. 4.592 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaWed, Feb 9, 8:31 PM GMT+13 · 1693 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
17. 4.952 km S of Pangai, TongaThu, Feb 10, 10:47 PM GMT+13 · 1692 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
18. 4.956 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaFri, Feb 11, 5:16 AM GMT+13 · 1692 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
19. 4.542 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaFri, Feb 11, 7:19 PM GMT+13 · 1691 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
20. 4.978 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaSun, Feb 13, 12:22 PM GMT+13 · 1690 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
21. 4.5TongaTue, Feb 15, 4:48 AM GMT+13 · 1688 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
22. 5.048 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaWed, Feb 16, 10:28 PM GMT+13 · 1686 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
23. 4.477 km NE of ‘Ohonua, TongaThu, Feb 17, 9:49 PM GMT+13 · 1685 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
24. 4.614 km SSW of Vaini, TongaSun, Feb 20, 2:00 AM GMT+13 · 1683 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
25. 5.031 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaSat, Feb 26, 2:41 AM GMT+13 · 1677 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
26. 4.844 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaThu, Mar 3, 3:20 AM GMT+13 · 1672 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
27. 4.663 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaMon, Mar 7, 7:07 AM GMT+13 · 1668 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
28. 4.956 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaFri, Mar 11, 10:46 PM GMT+13 · 1663 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
29. 4.840 km N of Nuku‘alofa, TongaSun, Mar 20, 2:06 PM GMT+13 · 1655 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
30. 4.578 km WNW of Haveluloto, TongaFri, Mar 25, 8:47 AM GMT+13 · 1650 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
31. 4.867 km WNW of Haveluloto, TongaThu, Mar 31, 7:51 AM GMT+13 · 1644 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away

Before

1. 4.968 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaSun, Jan 30, 10:21 AM GMT+13 · 1704 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
2. 4.942 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaSat, Jan 29, 10:12 AM GMT+13 · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
3. 4.533 km SSW of Vaini, TongaSat, Jan 29, 4:37 AM GMT+13 · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
4. 4.955 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaFri, Jan 28, 2:33 PM GMT+13 · 1706 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
5. 4.753 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaFri, Jan 28, 12:14 AM GMT+13 · 1706 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
6. 5.063 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaThu, Jan 27, 1:55 PM GMT+13 · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
7. 4.668 km N of Nuku‘alofa, TongaWed, Jan 26, 10:39 PM GMT+13 · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
8. 4.956 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaWed, Jan 26, 12:34 PM GMT+13 · 1708 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
9. 4.546 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaWed, Jan 26, 1:25 AM GMT+13 · 1708 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
10. 4.8TongaTue, Jan 25, 12:29 PM GMT+13 · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
11. 4.977 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaTue, Jan 25, 10:17 AM GMT+13 · 1709 days ago · 131 km deep · 53 km away
12. 4.739 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaTue, Jan 25, 12:36 AM GMT+13 · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 6
13. 4.8TongaMon, Jan 24, 3:03 PM GMT+13 · 1710 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
14. 4.646 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaMon, Jan 24, 1:24 AM GMT+13 · 1710 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
15. 4.866 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaSun, Jan 23, 10:21 AM GMT+13 · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
16. 4.660 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaSun, Jan 23, 12:09 AM GMT+13 · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
17. 4.744 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaSat, Jan 22, 6:12 PM GMT+13 · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
18. 4.741 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaSat, Jan 22, 1:50 PM GMT+13 · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
19. 4.854 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaSat, Jan 22, 8:50 AM GMT+13 · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
20. 4.941 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, TongaSat, Jan 22, 2:22 AM GMT+13 · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ggih. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC.