M4.5 earthquake 177 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 177 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Mon, Mar 18, 2024, 2:39 PM GMT+13 (01:39 UTC), 150 km (93 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 156 km WSW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-18 01:39:31 UTC
- Depth
- 150.4 km (93.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.203° S, 176.614° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 39
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
- 5.2156 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 888 days ago · 172 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3216 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 877 days ago · 194 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5203 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 870 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mjir. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:23 AM UTC.