M4.4 earthquake 299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Mar 25, 2023, 11:41 AM GMT+13 (22:41 UTC), 484 km (301 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-24 22:41:30 UTC
- Depth
- 483.7 km (300.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.506° S, 178.093° 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 13.4 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 1287 days ago · 523 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1281 days ago · 586 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1278 days ago · 488 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1276 days ago · 588 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1275 days ago · 542 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1274 days ago · 536 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.4286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1267 days ago · 517 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1265 days ago · 347 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1264 days ago · 520 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2296 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1262 days ago · 413 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1261 days ago · 460 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2253 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1261 days ago · 501 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1253 days ago · 565 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1246 days ago · 536 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1245 days ago · 558 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1244 days ago · 539 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1240 days ago · 570 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1238 days ago · 601 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3273 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1232 days ago · 440 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 1229 days ago · 562 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1229 days ago · 474 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 1292 days ago · 611 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1295 days ago · 546 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1295 days ago · 551 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2288 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1295 days ago · 504 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1298 days ago · 593 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1301 days ago · 317 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1302 days ago · 551 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1302 days ago · 457 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1302 days ago · 456 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1303 days ago · 412 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1303 days ago · 522 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3223 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1304 days ago · 525 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1305 days ago · 515 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.8Fiji region · 1306 days ago · 534 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0244 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1311 days ago · 391 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1312 days ago · 567 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 1313 days ago · 550 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1314 days ago · 537 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1316 days ago · 527 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1316 days ago · 488 km deep · 52 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000jmlr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:49 AM UTC.