Tonga earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 14 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 14 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga on Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 2:00 AM GMT+13 (13:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 31 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2022-02-19 13:00:24 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
21.323° S, 175.211° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.031 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1677 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.844 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1672 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.663 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1668 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.956 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1663 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.840 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1655 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.578 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1650 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.589 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1646 days ago · 194 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.867 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1644 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.578 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1641 days ago · 140 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 4.951 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1629 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 5.048 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1686 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 4.5Tonga · 1688 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.978 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1690 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.542 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1692 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.956 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1692 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 4.954 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1693 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.666 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1695 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.761 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 1695 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 4.958 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.651 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 5.048 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 4.650 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.750 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 4.953 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.446 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1702 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 4.635 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1702 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 4.767 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1702 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.642 km N of Kolonga, Tonga · 1703 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 4.968 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1704 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 4.942 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away

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