M4.5 earthquake 166 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 166 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, Oct 26, 2022, 7:28 PM GMT+13 (06:28 UTC), 212 km (132 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-26 06:28:29 UTC
- Depth
- 212.0 km (131.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.269° S, 175.831° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 69
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5162 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1429 days ago · 215 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1Tonga · 1427 days ago · 221 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.292 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1421 days ago · 143 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4148 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1417 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 1387 days ago · 207 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7202 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1381 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ikff. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.