M4.5 earthquake 159 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 159 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga on Thu, Jul 7, 2022, 2:02 AM GMT-12 (14:02 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-07 14:02:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.497° S, 173.081° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4156 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1541 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 1535 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.6193 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1515 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.9147 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1510 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i23k. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:48 AM UTC.