M4.2 earthquake 288 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 288 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Fri, Mar 17, 2023, 8:58 PM GMT+13 (07:58 UTC), 504 km (313 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-17 07:58:39 UTC
- Depth
- 503.9 km (313.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.834° S, 177.678° 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 16.0 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 1292 days ago · 611 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1290 days ago · 553 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1287 days ago · 484 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 1287 days ago · 523 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1284 days ago · 550 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.0267 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1282 days ago · 563 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1280 days ago · 535 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1278 days ago · 488 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1275 days ago · 542 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1274 days ago · 536 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3295 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1268 days ago · 398 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1266 days ago · 517 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.1269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1265 days ago · 347 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1263 days ago · 520 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2296 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1261 days ago · 413 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1261 days ago · 460 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2253 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1261 days ago · 501 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1245 days ago · 558 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1245 days ago · 559 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1240 days ago · 570 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1238 days ago · 601 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1236 days ago · 566 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 1298 days ago · 593 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1300 days ago · 317 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1302 days ago · 456 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1303 days ago · 412 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.1282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1303 days ago · 522 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3223 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1304 days ago · 525 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1304 days ago · 573 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1305 days ago · 515 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1308 days ago · 510 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1310 days ago · 565 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1312 days ago · 567 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1316 days ago · 527 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1316 days ago · 488 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6255 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1318 days ago · 525 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3297 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1319 days ago · 596 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4250 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1321 days ago · 345 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1322 days ago · 556 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1322 days ago · 389 km deep · 9 km away
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