M4.3 earthquake 87 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 87 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 8:34 AM GMT+13 (19:34 UTC), 125 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 178 km NW 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
- 2022-08-24 19:34:11 UTC
- Depth
- 124.8 km (77.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.090° S, 174.571° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5178 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1491 days ago · 269 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Tonga · 1485 days ago · 238 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3169 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1470 days ago · 231 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.185 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1466 days ago · 272 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.489 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1462 days ago · 107 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.1172 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1460 days ago · 248 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3174 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1440 days ago · 206 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i4cm. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC.