Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 295 km NW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 295 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 12:57 AM GMT+13 (11:57 UTC), 398 km (248 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-04-13 11:57:44 UTC
Depth
398.4 km (247.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.687° S, 177.654° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
49°
Stations used
48

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1267 days ago · 517 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.1269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1265 days ago · 347 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.2272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1264 days ago · 520 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.2296 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1262 days ago · 413 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 1261 days ago · 460 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 4.2253 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1261 days ago · 501 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 1245 days ago · 559 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 1240 days ago · 570 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 1238 days ago · 601 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 1236 days ago · 566 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1224 days ago · 525 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 1218 days ago · 544 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.3297 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1214 days ago · 580 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 4.3258 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1213 days ago · 542 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 1208 days ago · 559 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 1275 days ago · 542 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.2270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1278 days ago · 488 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1280 days ago · 535 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 4.0267 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1283 days ago · 563 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 1285 days ago · 550 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.7Fiji region · 1287 days ago · 523 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 1291 days ago · 553 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 1292 days ago · 611 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 4.2288 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1295 days ago · 504 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k41u. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC.