M4.2 earthquake 92 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 92 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 4:15 PM GMT+13 (03:15 UTC), 143 km (89 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-11-12 03:15:24 UTC
- Depth
- 143.2 km (89.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.609° S, 175.206° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 17
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4148 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1419 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.9Tonga · 1394 days ago · 115 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 1388 days ago · 207 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.9Tonga · 1383 days ago · 141 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.815 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 1371 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.1Tonga · 1429 days ago · 221 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5162 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1430 days ago · 215 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5166 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1440 days ago · 212 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0116 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1445 days ago · 114 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3154 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1447 days ago · 276 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000iqf9. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC.