M4.7 earthquake 250 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 250 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Thu, Oct 5, 2023, 5:18 AM GMT+13 (16:18 UTC), 503 km (313 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-10-04 16:18:24 UTC
- Depth
- 503.2 km (312.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.530° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 177
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1091 days ago · 564 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.7261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1089 days ago · 500 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1086 days ago · 541 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1251 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1079 days ago · 479 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1075 days ago · 595 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1074 days ago · 533 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1073 days ago · 518 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1071 days ago · 536 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1067 days ago · 584 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1064 days ago · 501 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1063 days ago · 378 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1060 days ago · 502 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.0285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1058 days ago · 496 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1055 days ago · 561 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1051 days ago · 594 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1047 days ago · 499 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1046 days ago · 526 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1044 days ago · 493 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2260 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1044 days ago · 409 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1042 days ago · 460 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.0264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1041 days ago · 457 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1039 days ago · 544 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1037 days ago · 548 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1037 days ago · 508 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.9284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1035 days ago · 533 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1034 days ago · 553 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 4.3273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1097 days ago · 507 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3297 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1099 days ago · 623 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5257 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1104 days ago · 527 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1108 days ago · 542 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1111 days ago · 496 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1112 days ago · 509 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0244 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1114 days ago · 389 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1118 days ago · 559 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1120 days ago · 525 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1120 days ago · 494 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1121 days ago · 527 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1123 days ago · 531 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lcv1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC.