M4.3 earthquake 240 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 240 km W of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 8:58 PM GMT+13 (07:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 288 km WNW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-14 07:58:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.314° S, 176.230° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 1440 days ago · 353 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1Tonga · 1426 days ago · 221 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.8288 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1404 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iv4r. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.