M4.4 earthquake 148 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 148 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 5:30 PM GMT+13 (04:30 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-11-16 04:30:13 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.852° S, 175.774° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Tonga · 1392 days ago · 115 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 1386 days ago · 207 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.7202 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1381 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.9Tonga · 1381 days ago · 141 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.292 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1421 days ago · 143 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1Tonga · 1427 days ago · 221 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5162 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1428 days ago · 215 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.5166 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1438 days ago · 212 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.0116 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1443 days ago · 114 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3154 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1445 days ago · 276 km deep · 8 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000irc6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:07 AM UTC.