M4.6 earthquake 146 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 146 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 3:17 AM GMT-12 (15:17 UTC), 169 km (105 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 138 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-10 15:17:04 UTC
- Depth
- 169.0 km (105.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.377° S, 174.360° 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 8.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0164 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1358 days ago · 258 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4151 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1353 days ago · 227 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3125 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 1351 days ago · 129 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4188 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1345 days ago · 256 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.579 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1327 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3134 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1324 days ago · 225 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5127 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1321 days ago · 120 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3165 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1314 days ago · 257 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.8138 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1307 days ago · 249 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j3ej. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC.