M4.5 earthquake 149 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 149 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Oct 30, 2022, 6:20 AM GMT+13 (17:20 UTC), 234 km (145 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-29 17:20:38 UTC
- Depth
- 233.7 km (145.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.756° S, 175.048° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 101
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4136 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1425 days ago · 198 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.0208 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1406 days ago · 250 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.961 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1404 days ago · 136 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7147 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1402 days ago · 194 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.579 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1377 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.5184 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1440 days ago · 230 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3174 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1442 days ago · 206 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.6203 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1448 days ago · 260 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1172 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1461 days ago · 248 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.489 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1464 days ago · 107 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000im6u. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC.