M4.8 earthquake Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in Tonga on Sat, Jun 11, 2022, 9:18 AM GMT+13 (20:18 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-06-10 20:18:17 UTC
- Depth
- 121.6 km (75.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.961° S, 175.572° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6110 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1574 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.394 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1553 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.6107 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1545 days ago · 188 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hglc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:41 AM UTC.