M4.3 earthquake 286 km W of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 286 km W of Houma, Tonga on Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 12:20 AM GMT+13 (11:20 UTC), 435 km (270 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 188 km W 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-12-12 11:20:27 UTC
- Depth
- 435.2 km (270.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.651° S, 178.019° 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 12.0 km horizontally, 20.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2264 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1025 days ago · 456 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7188 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1019 days ago · 250 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1015 days ago · 503 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1012 days ago · 536 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1005 days ago · 535 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5213 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 991 days ago · 197 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2268 km W of Houma, Tonga · 987 days ago · 362 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2255 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 971 days ago · 294 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2299 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 970 days ago · 390 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ljvy. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:40 PM UTC.