M4.1 earthquake Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in Tonga on Sun, Nov 6, 2022, 8:21 PM GMT+13 (07:21 UTC), 221 km (137 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 202 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-11-06 07:21:18 UTC
- Depth
- 220.8 km (137.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.994° S, 175.636° 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 13.7 km horizontally, 11.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 162°
- Stations used
- 18
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.292 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1421 days ago · 143 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4148 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1417 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.7202 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1380 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6160 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1377 days ago · 207 km deep · 45 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000imvy. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:26 PM UTC.