M4.3 earthquake 80 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 80 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Tue, Dec 27, 2022, 2:25 PM GMT+13 (01:25 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 65 km SSE 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-27 01:25:44 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.984° S, 174.613° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 16
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.465 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1372 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3110 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1363 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.085 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2Tonga region · 1348 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.7100 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1347 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.3121 km ESE of ?Ohonua, Tonga · 1336 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.9115 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1335 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.3121 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1330 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7106 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1328 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.4Tonga region · 1323 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.2131 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1321 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 4.694 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1376 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.5Tonga region · 1376 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 4.378 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1381 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5120 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1390 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5157 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1394 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5Tonga region · 1401 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.476 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1404 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j358. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.