November 11, 2022 Earthquake: Tonga Islands
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Tonga Islands on November 11, 2022 at 10:48:46 UTC, 37 km below the surface. It caused a tsunami.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- November 11, 2022
- Time
- 10:48:46 UTC
- Place
- Tonga Islands
- Magnitude
- 7.3 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 37 km (23 mi)
- Intensity
- 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 19.288° S, 172.147° W
- Country
- Tonga
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Haveloloto, Tongatapu, Tonga - CDI: 5 Neiafu, Vavaʿu, Tonga - CDI: 5 Hakupu, _no region, Niue - CDI: 4 Muʿa, Tongatapu, Tonga - CDI: 4 AMERICAN SAMOA, AS, US - CDI: 4 (reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 10653.