M4.4 earthquake 275 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 275 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 3:14 PM GMT+13 (02:14 UTC), 161 km (100 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 212 km SSW 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
- 2023-11-28 02:14:42 UTC
- Depth
- 160.9 km (100.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.986° S, 177.132° 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 26.7 km horizontally, 25.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6212 km SSW of Houma, Tonga · 1039 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1014 days ago · 146 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 1003 days ago · 277 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 983 days ago · 210 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lf5n. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC.