M4.4 earthquake 89 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 89 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Oct 1, 2022, 6:00 PM GMT+13 (05:00 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 61 km NNW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-01 05:00:05 UTC
- Depth
- 106.8 km (66.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.079° S, 174.589° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1172 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1460 days ago · 248 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3174 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1441 days ago · 206 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5184 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1438 days ago · 230 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5149 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1434 days ago · 234 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4136 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1424 days ago · 198 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.961 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1403 days ago · 136 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000irj2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:31 AM UTC.