M4.6 earthquake 183 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 183 km W of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Oct 1, 2022, 12:26 AM GMT+13 (11:26 UTC), 264 km (164 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-30 11:26:52 UTC
- Depth
- 264.3 km (164.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.431° S, 175.706° 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 12.0 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3240 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1451 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5166 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1439 days ago · 212 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1Tonga · 1428 days ago · 221 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4136 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1426 days ago · 198 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.3169 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1472 days ago · 231 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2159 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1479 days ago · 205 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.7170 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1481 days ago · 260 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3Tonga · 1488 days ago · 238 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3250 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1489 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iplt. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:16 PM UTC.