M4.5 earthquake 137 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 137 km W of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 11:50 PM GMT+13 (10:50 UTC), 198 km (123 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2022-07-15 10:50:10 UTC
- Depth
- 198.4 km (123.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.495° S, 175.279° 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 10.1 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.387 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1500 days ago · 125 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Tonga · 1485 days ago · 238 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i2n3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:08 AM UTC.