M5.0 earthquake 77 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 77 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Feb 1, 2023, 8:02 AM GMT+13 (19:02 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 107 km NE 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
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-31 19:02:11 UTC
- Depth
- 43.6 km (27.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.865° S, 173.079° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 87
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Samoa Islands region · 1334 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.7114 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1314 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.2Tonga · 1307 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.694 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1303 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2118 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1299 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8122 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1296 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.416 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1293 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1287 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.3107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1283 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jkkf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:49 AM UTC.