M4.9 earthquake 120 km SSW of Lotofag?, Samoa
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 120 km SSW of Lotofag?, Samoa on Sun, Oct 2, 2022, 12:41 PM GMT+13 (23:41 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 Samoa Islands region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-01 23:41:28 UTC
- Depth
- 5.4 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.026° S, 172.162° W
- Region
- Samoa
- 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, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Samoa Islands region · 1442 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.4Samoa Islands region · 1433 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6162 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1430 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6121 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1412 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
Before
Earthquakes todaySamoa earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iq3n. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:03 AM UTC.