M4.7 earthquake Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in Tonga on Sat, May 13, 2023, 2:24 AM GMT+13 (13:24 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 104 km SE of Neiafu, 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
- 2023-05-12 13:24:45 UTC
- Depth
- 28.5 km (17.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.308° S, 173.467° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kbfa. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.