Tonga earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 151 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 151 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Tue, Sep 19, 2023, 1:27 PM GMT+13 (00:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-09-19 00:27:45 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
22.493° S, 174.171° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

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From the USGS event page for us7000kxeb. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
92°
Stations used
42

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kxeb. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC.