Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in Tonga on Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 6:10 AM GMT+13 (17:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 139 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2022-01-20 17:10:02 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.543° S, 175.370° 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 15.4 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
124°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.837 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.776 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 4.741 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.941 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.854 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 4.741 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.744 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.660 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.866 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 4.646 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1710 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 4.8Tonga · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 4.739 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 6
  13. 4.977 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1709 days ago · 131 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.8Tonga · 1708 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 4.546 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1708 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 4.956 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 4.668 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 5.063 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1706 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 4.753 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1706 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 4.955 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 4.942 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 4.968 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1704 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 4.642 km N of Kolonga, Tonga · 1703 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 4.767 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1702 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 4.635 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1702 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 4.446 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 4.953 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  28. 4.750 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 4.650 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 5.048 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 4.651 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 4.958 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 4.761 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 1695 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 4.666 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1695 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  35. 4.954 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1693 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 4.592 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1693 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 4.956 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1692 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 4.542 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1691 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 4.978 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1689 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 4.5Tonga · 1688 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  41. 5.048 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1686 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  42. 4.614 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga · 1683 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 4.3110 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1683 days ago · 143 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 5.031 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1677 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 4.844 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1672 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  46. 4.6149 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1671 days ago · 235 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 4.663 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1668 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 4.196 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1663 days ago · 198 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 4.956 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1663 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 4.7115 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1663 days ago · 212 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 5.4139 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1658 days ago · 188 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 4.840 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1654 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away

Before

  1. 4.743 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.664 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.638 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 5.029 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.651 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.969 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.667 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 4.755 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.863 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 4.665 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 4.676 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 4.862 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 4.677 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 4.678 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 4.665 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 4.848 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 4.865 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 4.939 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 4.626 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 4.751 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gdpe. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC.