M4.5 earthquake 162 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 162 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Nov 5, 2022, 4:17 AM GMT+13 (15:17 UTC), 215 km (133 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 2022-11-04 15:17:09 UTC
- Depth
- 214.7 km (133.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.749° S, 175.905° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Tonga · 1427 days ago · 221 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.292 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1421 days ago · 143 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1240 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1417 days ago · 333 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4148 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1417 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.9Tonga · 1392 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 1386 days ago · 207 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7202 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1381 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.9Tonga · 1381 days ago · 141 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.5166 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1438 days ago · 212 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.0116 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1443 days ago · 114 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3154 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1445 days ago · 276 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.381 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1448 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.4182 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1453 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000imid. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC.