M4.6 earthquake 299 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 299 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Wed, Mar 9, 2022, 10:45 AM GMT+13 (21:45 UTC), 59 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 south of the Fiji Islands. 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-08 21:45:48 UTC
- Depth
- 58.5 km (36.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.517° S, 176.664° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 160°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4296 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1666 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5284 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1655 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 1633 days ago · 136 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.9south of the Fiji Islands · 1632 days ago · 128 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 5.2261 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1684 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.9251 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1692 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1692 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 1694 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2241 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1694 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.0282 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1694 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h3um. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.