M4.4 earthquake 260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, Feb 14, 2023, 8:57 AM GMT+13 (19:57 UTC), 498 km (309 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 Fiji region. 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
- 2023-02-13 19:57:00 UTC
- Depth
- 498.1 km (309.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.273° S, 177.610° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 1325 days ago · 552 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1325 days ago · 407 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1325 days ago · 583 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1322 days ago · 389 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6255 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1318 days ago · 525 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1316 days ago · 488 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1315 days ago · 527 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1314 days ago · 537 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 1313 days ago · 550 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1312 days ago · 567 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0244 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1311 days ago · 391 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1308 days ago · 510 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.8Fiji region · 1305 days ago · 534 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1304 days ago · 515 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.3223 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1304 days ago · 525 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1303 days ago · 522 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1303 days ago · 412 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1302 days ago · 456 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1302 days ago · 457 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1300 days ago · 317 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1298 days ago · 593 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2288 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1295 days ago · 504 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1294 days ago · 551 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1292 days ago · 611 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1287 days ago · 484 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 1287 days ago · 523 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1284 days ago · 550 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0267 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1282 days ago · 563 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1279 days ago · 535 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1278 days ago · 488 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1275 days ago · 542 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1273 days ago · 536 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3295 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1268 days ago · 398 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1266 days ago · 517 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 4.0Fiji region · 1339 days ago · 567 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1339 days ago · 561 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1345 days ago · 556 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1346 days ago · 487 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.4261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1347 days ago · 384 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1354 days ago · 558 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
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