M4.7 earthquake Tonga region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Tonga region on Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 12:34 AM GMT+13 (11:34 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 201 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
- 2023-01-11 11:34:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.188° S, 175.349° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 164°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5230 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1361 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.7219 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1361 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.3201 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.8215 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.2215 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6224 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4201 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5Tonga region · 1360 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4Tonga region · 1338 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.9139 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1313 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 5.6211 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1361 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.4Tonga region · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5222 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.7Tonga region · 1370 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.8202 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1373 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.5120 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1391 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j5re. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.