M4.9 earthquake 273 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 273 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 9:14 AM GMT+13 (20:14 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 244 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
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-06-22 20:14:02 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.610° S, 176.016° 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 13.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8267 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 104 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.9248 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 97 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 83 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5271 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 64 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.2244 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 63 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7251 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 55 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6237 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 53 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3south of Tonga · 53 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000t7gn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:12 PM UTC.