M4.8 earthquake 122 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 122 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 8:06 PM GMT+13 (07:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 124 km ENE 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-16 07:06:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.804° S, 172.665° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1283 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1273 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5136 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1271 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.9138 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1255 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1255 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.5124 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1249 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 4.076 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1240 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2Samoa Islands region · 1240 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000jkdn. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.