M4.5 earthquake 147 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 147 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, May 7, 2022, 10:30 PM GMT-12 (10:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 145 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-08 10:30:23 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.271° S, 172.644° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 26
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
- 4.9145 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1581 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4117 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1557 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7190 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1555 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hkwl. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC.