M4.3 earthquake 210 km W of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 210 km W of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Apr 29, 2023, 7:00 PM GMT+13 (06:00 UTC), 292 km (181 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-04-29 06:00:37 UTC
- Depth
- 292.1 km (181.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.442° S, 177.305° 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 17.9 km horizontally, 12.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2295 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 1240 days ago · 308 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3273 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1232 days ago · 440 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1229 days ago · 474 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000jwwj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC.