M4.9 earthquake Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in Tonga on Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 8:52 AM GMT+13 (19:52 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-10 19:52:45 UTC
- Depth
- 114.7 km (71.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.071° S, 175.281° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Tonga · 1388 days ago · 207 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.9Tonga · 1382 days ago · 141 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.815 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 1371 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j8gt. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:00 AM UTC.