Tonga earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 34 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 34 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, May 23, 2023, 2:30 AM GMT+13 (13:30 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 126 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-05-22 13:30:38 UTC
Depth
38.7 km (24.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.738° S, 173.564° W
Region
Tonga
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.0 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
44°
Stations used
96

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3106 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1225 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.3102 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1225 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 5.3105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1216 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.799 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1215 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.173 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1213 days ago · 180 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.558 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1207 days ago · 79 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 5.7126 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1203 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.352 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1203 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 4.4117 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1199 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.534 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1197 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 5.4123 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1197 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  12. 5.061 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1190 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 4.259 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1187 days ago · 171 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 4.277 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1183 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 4.754 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1181 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 4.563 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1178 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 4.237 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1177 days ago · 110 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 4.6129 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1232 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.4Tonga · 1236 days ago · 178 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.471 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1239 days ago · 184 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.2Samoa Islands region · 1240 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 4.076 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1240 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 4.4Tonga · 1240 days ago · 183 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.472 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1241 days ago · 185 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 5.074 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1241 days ago · 199 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.780 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1241 days ago · 166 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.848 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1241 days ago · 175 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 5.5124 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1249 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.5105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1255 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kdvb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:04 AM UTC.