Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 78 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 78 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 2:35 PM GMT+13 (01:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-22 01:35:44 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
21.437° S, 174.205° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
119°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.5Tonga region · 1377 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.694 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1377 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 4.380 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1377 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 5.465 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1374 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.3110 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1365 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 5.085 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1353 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 5.0102 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1351 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.2134 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 1350 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.2Tonga region · 1350 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 5.3121 km ESE of ?Ohonua, Tonga · 1338 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.9115 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1337 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 4.5114 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 1387 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.5Tonga · 1404 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 5.476 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1406 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j23w. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:35 PM UTC.