M4.7 earthquake 190 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 190 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Jul 1, 2022, 8:32 PM GMT-12 (08:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 156 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-02 08:32:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.604° S, 172.555° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5159 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1550 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.4156 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1541 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 1534 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6193 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1515 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.9147 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1510 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.4117 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1557 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5176 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1567 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.7151 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1571 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5202 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1572 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.9145 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1581 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hzcs. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:56 AM UTC.