M4.1 earthquake 66 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 66 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Mon, May 8, 2023, 4:37 AM GMT+13 (15:37 UTC), 134 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.9 132 km NW 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-07 15:37:16 UTC
- Depth
- 134.0 km (83.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.197° S, 174.400° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 10.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 198°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.0Tonga · 1225 days ago · 222 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1127 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 1216 days ago · 120 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.690 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1215 days ago · 123 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.310 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 1208 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.374 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1203 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.165 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1201 days ago · 144 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.0105 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1189 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 6.9132 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1189 days ago · 229 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 21 · tsunami flag
- 4.4164 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1188 days ago · 222 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.2137 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1252 days ago · 219 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4132 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 1260 days ago · 224 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.277 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1261 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2100 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1272 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kb5v. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC.