M4.4 earthquake Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in Tonga on Wed, Oct 26, 2022, 12:32 AM GMT+13 (11:32 UTC), 249 km (155 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 90 km NNW of Hihifo, 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
- 2022-10-25 11:32:58 UTC
- Depth
- 249.3 km (154.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.512° S, 174.958° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 77
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.782 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1435 days ago · 221 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3118 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1434 days ago · 268 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.490 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1397 days ago · 151 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2115 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1379 days ago · 249 km deep · 23 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iwbe. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:06 AM UTC.