M4.2 earthquake 268 km W of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 268 km W of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 3:01 PM GMT+13 (02:01 UTC), 362 km (225 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-21 02:01:29 UTC
- Depth
- 362.4 km (225.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.093° S, 177.887° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 983 days ago · 500 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3237 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 982 days ago · 395 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 981 days ago · 496 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 978 days ago · 611 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0255 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 973 days ago · 482 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 971 days ago · 566 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 970 days ago · 561 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 964 days ago · 542 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 963 days ago · 564 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3261 km W of Houma, Tonga · 962 days ago · 400 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 960 days ago · 586 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 954 days ago · 516 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 950 days ago · 459 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.8Fiji region · 944 days ago · 546 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 944 days ago · 542 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 944 days ago · 548 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 944 days ago · 546 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9255 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 943 days ago · 446 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 941 days ago · 530 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 940 days ago · 601 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 940 days ago · 529 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 938 days ago · 521 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 938 days ago · 532 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 937 days ago · 525 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 936 days ago · 536 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 931 days ago · 585 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 931 days ago · 511 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 928 days ago · 546 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 927 days ago · 538 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.4266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 987 days ago · 522 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 992 days ago · 521 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 992 days ago · 500 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 992 days ago · 555 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 995 days ago · 527 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.6264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 996 days ago · 484 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4251 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 997 days ago · 509 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1003 days ago · 535 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1008 days ago · 387 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1010 days ago · 536 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1011 days ago · 526 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1014 days ago · 503 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m55y. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.