Tonga earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 240 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 240 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga on Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 3:37 PM GMT+13 (02:37 UTC), 333 km (207 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-11-16 02:37:09 UTC
Depth
333.3 km (207.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.560° S, 176.776° 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 13.3 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 1416 days ago · 324 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 1387 days ago · 549 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 1386 days ago · 565 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 4.7202 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1381 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 1378 days ago · 591 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 5.5Fiji region · 1378 days ago · 515 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 1374 days ago · 572 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 1372 days ago · 557 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.8Fiji region · 1368 days ago · 392 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.3263 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1362 days ago · 339 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 1361 days ago · 553 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 1361 days ago · 372 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 1427 days ago · 592 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 4.5162 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1429 days ago · 215 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000irc7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:57 PM UTC.