M4.4 earthquake 250 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 250 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Feb 19, 2023, 1:49 PM GMT+13 (00:49 UTC), 345 km (214 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 169 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-02-19 00:49:15 UTC
- Depth
- 344.6 km (214.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.460° S, 176.870° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3297 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1319 days ago · 596 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4252 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1314 days ago · 279 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1310 days ago · 565 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1308 days ago · 510 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1304 days ago · 573 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2288 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1295 days ago · 504 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1290 days ago · 553 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1284 days ago · 550 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.0267 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1282 days ago · 563 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1279 days ago · 535 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3295 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1268 days ago · 398 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1266 days ago · 517 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6169 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1263 days ago · 208 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 1322 days ago · 556 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1322 days ago · 389 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1325 days ago · 583 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1348 days ago · 576 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1348 days ago · 387 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jq0j. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:46 AM UTC.