M4.3 earthquake 110 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 110 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Sun, Jan 8, 2023, 7:07 PM GMT+13 (06:07 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 121 km ESE 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-08 06:07:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.424° S, 173.892° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.085 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.0102 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1350 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2134 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 1349 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.3121 km ESE of ?Ohonua, Tonga · 1336 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 4.9115 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1335 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.788 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1310 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.698 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1310 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j57x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:04 PM UTC.