M4.7 earthquake 170 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 170 km W of Neiafu, Tonga on Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 4:44 PM GMT+13 (03:44 UTC), 260 km (161 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-15 03:44:41 UTC
- Depth
- 259.5 km (161.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.709° S, 175.596° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 45°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2159 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1479 days ago · 205 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3169 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1472 days ago · 231 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.185 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1468 days ago · 272 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6183 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1465 days ago · 264 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3240 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1452 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5166 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1440 days ago · 212 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1Tonga · 1429 days ago · 221 km deep · 32 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i86t. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC.