Tonga earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 270 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 270 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 11:48 PM GMT+13 (10:48 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 254 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-06-16 10:48:36 UTC
Depth
27.5 km (17.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
23.654° S, 175.793° 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, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
115°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 120 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Tonga region · 1206 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.7266 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.5278 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 5.0251 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 4.7253 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 6.2254 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away · tsunami flag
  7. 4.5263 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 4.7281 km SSW of ?Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 5.5266 km SSW of ?Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 4.7Tonga region · 1206 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 4.6262 km SSW of ?Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 4.1259 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 4.4275 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 4.3251 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 6.1241 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 4.6263 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 5.0231 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 4.3Tonga region · 1205 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 4.4291 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 4.6254 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  21. 4.4232 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 4.7291 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 4.8294 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 4.6243 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 4.1241 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 4.4295 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 4.8274 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 5.1276 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  29. 5.4290 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1205 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 4.9285 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 5.1295 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 5.1Tonga region · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 5.7Tonga region · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 5.9291 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 5.0284 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 4.4251 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 4.8294 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 4.4279 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 4.6276 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 4.6287 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 5.2286 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 4.0south of Tonga · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 4.4250 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1204 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 4.3south of Tonga · 1203 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 4.7291 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1203 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 4.5Tonga region · 1203 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 4.4south of Tonga · 1203 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 5.1283 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1203 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  52. 4.7Tonga region · 1202 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 4.6273 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1202 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 4.7south of Tonga · 1202 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 5.2286 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1202 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 5.0Tonga region · 1202 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  57. 4.7south of Tonga · 1202 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 4.4254 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1201 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  59. 4.6Tonga region · 1201 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 4.3246 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1201 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of 120.

Before

  1. 5.8254 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.8267 km SSW of ?Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.2271 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.4291 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.9261 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.9260 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 5.1251 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1206 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 4.2246 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1207 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 4.5255 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1207 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 6.0261 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1207 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 4.8273 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1207 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kak2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC.