M4.3 earthquake 157 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 157 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Feb 19, 2023, 12:08 AM GMT-12 (12:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 99 km NE of Neiafu, 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
- 2023-02-19 12:08:02 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.748° S, 172.835° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2100 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1274 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.799 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1269 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jq3e. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC.