M4.4 earthquake 207 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 207 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 11:00 PM GMT+13 (10:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2023-07-11 10:00:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.271° S, 176.926° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1110 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 1176 days ago · 218 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2286 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 1145 days ago · 184 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.1272 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 1191 days ago · 184 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.7south of the Fiji Islands · 1204 days ago · 205 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4267 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 1205 days ago · 153 km deep · 78 km away
- 7.2274 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 1207 days ago · 179 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 10 · tsunami flag
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kgu5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:19 PM UTC.