Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 289 km NW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 289 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Jul 15, 2023, 11:19 PM GMT+13 (10:19 UTC), 576 km (358 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

Nuku‘alofa forecastMore in Tonga

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-07-15 10:19:23 UTC
Depth
576.4 km (358.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.445° S, 177.380° 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 15.0 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 1172 days ago · 534 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.1292 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1171 days ago · 545 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 1168 days ago · 592 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 1158 days ago · 565 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 1153 days ago · 420 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.1264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1150 days ago · 557 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 1148 days ago · 539 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.3268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1147 days ago · 529 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.2282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1147 days ago · 528 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 4.0283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1145 days ago · 502 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.0Fiji region · 1144 days ago · 578 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 1142 days ago · 596 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 4.3262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1139 days ago · 376 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.0289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1129 days ago · 540 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 1126 days ago · 598 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 1125 days ago · 532 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 1123 days ago · 531 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 1123 days ago · 557 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 4.1287 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1121 days ago · 552 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 4.5286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1120 days ago · 494 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 4.0299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1118 days ago · 559 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 1179 days ago · 522 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 1188 days ago · 437 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 1193 days ago · 561 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.4269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1197 days ago · 487 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 1203 days ago · 572 km deep · 89 km away

Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000khex. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC.