Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in Tonga on Tue, Sep 27, 2022, 6:41 PM GMT+13 (05:41 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-09-27 05:41:05 UTC
Depth
96.9 km (60.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
15.700° S, 173.457° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
65°
Stations used
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.449 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1466 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.3101 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1463 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 5.599 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1456 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 4.3121 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1456 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.3102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1451 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.564 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1445 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.6Samoa Islands region · 1443 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.049 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1442 days ago · 63 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.448 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1440 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 4.7110 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1439 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  11. 5.7107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1439 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  12. 5.4Samoa Islands region · 1433 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 4.455 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1429 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 4.7108 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1426 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.556 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1426 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 4.541 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1424 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.793 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1422 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 4.3114 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1420 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 4.5Samoa Islands region · 1420 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 4.9116 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1419 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 4.3112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1414 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 4.6121 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1412 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 4.4127 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1412 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 5.1121 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1408 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 5.2115 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1471 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.682 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1481 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.534 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1482 days ago · 109 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.8114 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1483 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 5.2113 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1485 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.247 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1488 days ago · 158 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.7124 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1490 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.262 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1496 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 4.2114 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1496 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000inji. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:33 AM UTC.