M4.4 earthquake 98 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 98 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Tue, Oct 11, 2022, 8:21 PM GMT+13 (07:21 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 142 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-11 07:21:21 UTC
- Depth
- 46.5 km (28.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.094° S, 175.452° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3161 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1439 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6142 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1418 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5Tonga region · 1401 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iuc0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC.