M4.3 earthquake 106 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 106 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, May 27, 2023, 2:13 AM GMT+13 (13:13 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 126 km NNE 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-26 13:13:07 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.052° S, 173.439° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3102 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1225 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.3105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1216 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.799 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1215 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.558 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1207 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5138 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1203 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.7126 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1203 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4117 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1199 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.534 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1198 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.4123 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1197 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 4.8103 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1194 days ago · 171 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.259 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1187 days ago · 171 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.277 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1183 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.563 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1178 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 5.034 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1229 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6129 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1232 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2Samoa Islands region · 1240 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.076 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1241 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.5124 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1249 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1255 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000k5i2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.