M4.4 earthquake 297 km WSW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 297 km WSW of Houma, Tonga on Thu, Oct 5, 2023, 1:02 PM GMT+13 (00:02 UTC), 348 km (216 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 south of the Fiji Islands. 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
- 2023-10-05 00:02:39 UTC
- Depth
- 347.7 km (216.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.911° S, 178.067° 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 12.5 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 1075 days ago · 544 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1063 days ago · 552 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1059 days ago · 506 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1045 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2260 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1044 days ago · 409 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000leic. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC.