Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 277 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 277 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, Feb 2, 2022, 5:49 PM GMT+13 (04:49 UTC), 316 km (196 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2022-02-02 04:49:22 UTC
Depth
316.1 km (196.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.885° S, 176.806° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
123°
Stations used
46

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 1699 days ago · 612 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1692 days ago · 550 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1689 days ago · 633 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 1684 days ago · 546 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 1671 days ago · 423 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 1659 days ago · 599 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 1658 days ago · 569 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.0Fiji region · 1654 days ago · 339 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 1650 days ago · 624 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.0295 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1644 days ago · 576 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 1701 days ago · 587 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 6.2220 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1707 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 1710 days ago · 585 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 1721 days ago · 395 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.8Fiji region · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 1727 days ago · 574 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 1728 days ago · 627 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 1730 days ago · 557 km deep · 86 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gh82. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:16 AM UTC.