M4.5 earthquake 257 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 257 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Mon, Sep 25, 2023, 6:58 AM GMT+13 (17:58 UTC), 527 km (328 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-24 17:58:31 UTC
- Depth
- 527.3 km (327.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.043° S, 177.468° 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 14.1 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 1103 days ago · 598 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1100 days ago · 553 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 1099 days ago · 596 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1096 days ago · 507 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1095 days ago · 571 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7250 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1094 days ago · 503 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1091 days ago · 564 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1089 days ago · 500 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1086 days ago · 541 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.1251 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1079 days ago · 479 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1074 days ago · 517 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1074 days ago · 533 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1073 days ago · 518 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1073 days ago · 415 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1070 days ago · 536 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1067 days ago · 584 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1064 days ago · 501 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1063 days ago · 378 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1062 days ago · 545 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1060 days ago · 502 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1058 days ago · 496 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1047 days ago · 499 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1046 days ago · 526 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 1109 days ago · 555 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1110 days ago · 567 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1111 days ago · 496 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.0284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1112 days ago · 509 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.0299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1118 days ago · 559 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.5286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1120 days ago · 494 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1287 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1120 days ago · 552 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1121 days ago · 527 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1122 days ago · 557 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1123 days ago · 531 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1125 days ago · 532 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1126 days ago · 598 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1128 days ago · 540 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.0283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1130 days ago · 516 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1131 days ago · 529 km deep · 47 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lbfu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:08 AM UTC.