M4.3 earthquake 162 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 162 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Sep 3, 2022, 12:10 PM GMT+13 (23:10 UTC), 217 km (135 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 116 km W of Pangai, 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
- 2022-09-02 23:10:21 UTC
- Depth
- 217.5 km (135.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.485° S, 175.868° 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, 12.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7170 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1480 days ago · 260 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2159 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1478 days ago · 205 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3154 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1446 days ago · 276 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.0116 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1444 days ago · 114 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5166 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1439 days ago · 212 km deep · 24 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iifm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:21 AM UTC.