M4.8 earthquake 215 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 215 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 1:23 AM GMT+13 (12:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 215 km S 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
- 2023-01-12 12:23:17 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.267° S, 174.714° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2215 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.6224 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1359 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4201 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1359 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5Tonga region · 1359 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4Tonga region · 1337 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.2131 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1321 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.9139 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1312 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4143 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1305 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 5.3201 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.7219 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5230 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1361 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7Tonga region · 1361 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.6211 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1361 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Tonga region · 1361 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.5222 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1361 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.7Tonga region · 1369 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.8202 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1372 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j5tp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:36 AM UTC.