M4.6 earthquake 188 km SSW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 188 km SSW of Houma, Tonga on Thu, Nov 16, 2023, 5:45 AM GMT+13 (16:45 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 173 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-15 16:45:23 UTC
- Depth
- 72.5 km (45.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.627° S, 176.239° 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, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4275 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 1042 days ago · 161 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.1202 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1041 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6212 km SSW of Houma, Tonga · 1039 days ago · 64 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.0203 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1032 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4211 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1026 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.5173 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1016 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 4.7100 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 1011 days ago · 146 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.4162 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 996 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lnje. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC.