M4.1 earthquake 292 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 292 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 4:16 PM GMT+13 (03:16 UTC), 171 km (106 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 226 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-20 03:16:07 UTC
- Depth
- 171.1 km (106.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.052° S, 177.294° 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 11.9 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0south of the Fiji Islands · 889 days ago · 318 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 886 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3216 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 877 days ago · 194 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5203 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 871 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.9285 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 858 days ago · 168 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 846 days ago · 215 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5260 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 843 days ago · 168 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.1226 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 842 days ago · 125 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mu0g. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC.