M4.6 earthquake 258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, Feb 15, 2023, 5:22 PM GMT+13 (04:22 UTC), 583 km (362 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-02-15 04:22:10 UTC
- Depth
- 582.7 km (362.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.953° S, 177.419° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1322 days ago · 389 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1322 days ago · 556 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4250 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1321 days ago · 345 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3297 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1320 days ago · 596 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6255 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1318 days ago · 525 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1316 days ago · 488 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1316 days ago · 527 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1312 days ago · 567 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0244 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1311 days ago · 391 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1309 days ago · 510 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1305 days ago · 515 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3223 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1304 days ago · 525 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1303 days ago · 522 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1303 days ago · 412 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1302 days ago · 456 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1301 days ago · 317 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1298 days ago · 593 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2288 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1295 days ago · 504 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1292 days ago · 611 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1288 days ago · 484 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 1287 days ago · 523 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1285 days ago · 550 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0267 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1283 days ago · 563 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1280 days ago · 535 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1278 days ago · 488 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1275 days ago · 542 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3295 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1268 days ago · 398 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1267 days ago · 517 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 4.2273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1326 days ago · 407 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1327 days ago · 498 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1339 days ago · 567 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1339 days ago · 561 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1346 days ago · 556 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1346 days ago · 487 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1347 days ago · 384 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1349 days ago · 576 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1349 days ago · 387 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1354 days ago · 558 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
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