Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in Tonga on Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 4:50 AM GMT+13 (15:50 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
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2022-01-16 15:50:05 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.766° S, 175.462° 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 13.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.31
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
138°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.555 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 4.580 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1716 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.668 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1716 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.441 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1716 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 4.532 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1716 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.557 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1716 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.449 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1716 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 4.744 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1716 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 4.637 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1716 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 4.575 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1716 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 4.645 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1716 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 4.641 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 4.479 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.452 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 4.681 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 4.563 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 4.752 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 4.673 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 4.857 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 4.671 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 4.567 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 4.844 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  23. 4.652 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 4.691 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 4.658 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 4.967 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 4.571 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 4.751 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 4.626 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 4.939 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 4.865 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 4.848 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 4.665 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 4.678 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 4.677 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 4.862 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 4.676 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 4.665 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 4.863 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 4.755 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 4.667 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 4.969 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 4.651 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 5.029 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  45. 4.638 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 4.664 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  47. 4.743 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 4.8Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 4.837 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  50. 4.776 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 4.741 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 4.941 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  53. 4.854 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 4.741 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 4.744 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 4.660 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 4.866 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 4.646 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1710 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  59. 4.8Tonga · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 4.739 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 6

The first 60 of 99.

Before

  1. 4.5Tonga · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.768 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.559 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.574 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.763 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.564 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 4.839 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 4.751 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 4.956 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 4.650 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 4.441 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 4.755 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 4.852 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 4.756 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 4.745 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 4.781 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1719 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 4.2141 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1731 days ago · 235 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 4.985 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1746 days ago · 182 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 4.768 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1746 days ago · 78 km deep · 36 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000geyv. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.