M4.6 earthquake 198 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 198 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Nov 22, 2022, 9:28 PM GMT-11 (08:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Tonga region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-11-23 08:28:40 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.676° S, 172.409° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Tonga region · 1411 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.7Tonga region · 1404 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 4.5156 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1422 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3180 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1422 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9Tonga region · 1423 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.8166 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1423 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4180 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1423 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4183 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1424 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.1211 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1424 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5160 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1424 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5Tonga region · 1434 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000it0j. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:54 AM UTC.