M4.3 earthquake 101 km SE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 101 km SE of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, May 27, 2022, 11:26 AM GMT+13 (22:26 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 129 km ESE 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
- 2022-05-26 22:26:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.327° S, 173.555° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.6129 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 1587 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
- 4.9114 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 1540 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hdv4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.