M4.5 earthquake 177 km SW of Vaini, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 177 km SW of Vaini, Tonga on Mon, Jan 24, 2022, 1:38 AM GMT+13 (12:38 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 143 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-23 12:38:32 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.524° S, 176.129° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6140 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1707 days ago · 184 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.2143 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1698 days ago · 172 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.0186 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 1670 days ago · 75 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3166 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 1666 days ago · 148 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4186 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1661 days ago · 161 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5114 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1655 days ago · 152 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ggn5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC.