M4.7 earthquake Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in Tonga on Fri, May 19, 2023, 8:43 AM GMT+13 (19:43 UTC), 149 km (93 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2023-05-18 19:43:25 UTC
- Depth
- 149.0 km (92.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.051° S, 175.438° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 36°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5151 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1228 days ago · 215 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.666 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 1210 days ago · 105 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 4.5108 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1234 days ago · 194 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.371 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1237 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.163 km NNE of Kolonga, Tonga · 1243 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
- 4.456 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 1259 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.946 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 1261 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kcxq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC.