M4.8 earthquake 158 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 158 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Wed, Apr 5, 2023, 3:57 PM GMT+13 (02:57 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 126 km SE of ‘Ohonua, 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
- 2023-04-05 02:57:31 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.614° S, 174.252° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9126 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1248 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5133 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1221 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.4129 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1294 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.9118 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1294 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3130 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1303 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.6154 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1303 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4143 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1306 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k21z. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:57 PM UTC.