Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 33 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 33 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga on Sat, Jan 29, 2022, 4:37 AM GMT+13 (15:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 48 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

Nuku‘alofa forecastMore in Tonga

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2022-01-28 15:37:03 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
21.468° S, 175.303° 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 10.5 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
88°
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: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.942 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.968 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1704 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.642 km N of Kolonga, Tonga · 1703 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.635 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1702 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.446 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.953 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.1106 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1700 days ago · 181 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 4.750 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.650 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 5.048 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 4.651 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 4.958 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.761 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 1695 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 4.666 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1695 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 4.954 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1693 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 4.956 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1692 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 4.542 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1691 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 4.5Tonga · 1688 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 5.048 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1686 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 4.614 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga · 1683 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 5.031 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1677 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 4.844 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1672 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 4.663 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1668 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 4.956 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1663 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 4.840 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1654 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 4.5114 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1653 days ago · 152 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 4.578 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1650 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 4.589 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1645 days ago · 194 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.955 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.753 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1706 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 5.063 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1706 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.956 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1708 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.546 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1708 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.8Tonga · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.739 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  8. 4.8Tonga · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.646 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1710 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 4.660 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.744 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 4.741 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 4.854 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 4.941 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 4.741 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 4.837 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 4.743 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 4.664 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 4.638 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 5.029 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ghnt. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC.