M4.3 earthquake 169 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 169 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 12:07 AM GMT+13 (11:07 UTC), 231 km (144 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 183 km W 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
- 2022-09-23 11:07:31 UTC
- Depth
- 231.4 km (143.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.029° S, 175.447° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.185 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1466 days ago · 272 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6183 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1463 days ago · 264 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.489 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1462 days ago · 107 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1172 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1460 days ago · 248 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3240 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1449 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6203 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1447 days ago · 260 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3174 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1441 days ago · 206 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5149 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1434 days ago · 234 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4136 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1424 days ago · 198 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 4.2159 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1477 days ago · 205 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.7170 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1478 days ago · 260 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Tonga · 1486 days ago · 238 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.5178 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1492 days ago · 269 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.387 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1500 days ago · 125 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000iaef. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.