M4.7 earthquake 152 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 152 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Mon, Sep 11, 2023, 11:03 PM GMT+13 (10:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 146 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-11 10:03:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.719° S, 174.982° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6193 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1117 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.7151 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1111 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.8210 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1101 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.8235 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1100 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6165 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1098 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.9146 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1096 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.258 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1063 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kvy1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:29 AM UTC.