Tonga earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake Tonga region

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Tonga region on Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 12:50 AM GMT+13 (11:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Tonga region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-11-12 11:50:50 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
18.640° S, 172.485° 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 8.7 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
124°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8166 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1422 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 4.9Tonga region · 1422 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.3180 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1422 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.5156 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1421 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.8225 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1420 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.5220 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1413 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 4.6Tonga region · 1411 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.3154 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1407 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 4.7Tonga region · 1403 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.5Tonga region · 1401 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away

Before

  1. 4.4180 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1422 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.3155 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1422 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.3Tonga region · 1423 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.4183 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1423 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.7193 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1423 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.8166 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1423 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.4164 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1423 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 4.6Tonga region · 1423 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 5.1211 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1423 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.3241 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1423 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 4.5160 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1423 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 7.3205 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1423 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 28 · tsunami flag
  13. 4.5Tonga region · 1433 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 4.2150 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1442 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 5.0137 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1444 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 5.2137 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1451 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ipal. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:39 PM UTC.