M4.1 earthquake 115 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 115 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 1:59 PM GMT+13 (00:59 UTC), 261 km (162 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 95 km NNW of Hihifo, 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
- 2023-01-22 00:59:28 UTC
- Depth
- 261.2 km (162.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.326° S, 174.658° 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, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- 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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4128 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1309 days ago · 247 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.695 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1303 days ago · 112 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.468 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1295 days ago · 143 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1152 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1293 days ago · 245 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jkat. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.