M4.4 earthquake 78 km W of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 78 km W of Houma, Tonga on Fri, Nov 3, 2023, 11:29 AM GMT+13 (22:29 UTC), 175 km (109 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 100 km SW of Houma, Tonga. 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
- 2023-11-02 22:29:41 UTC
- Depth
- 174.9 km (108.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.065° S, 176.047° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 30
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
- 4.2103 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 1047 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4134 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1039 days ago · 207 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.7100 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 1009 days ago · 146 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000l9dz. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC.