M4.3 earthquake 194 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 194 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, May 7, 2024, 10:18 PM GMT+13 (09:18 UTC), 353 km (219 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 261 km WNW 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
- 2024-05-07 09:18:27 UTC
- Depth
- 352.8 km (219.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.665° S, 177.088° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 875 days ago · 542 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 875 days ago · 486 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 872 days ago · 474 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 870 days ago · 481 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 869 days ago · 480 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 859 days ago · 556 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5134 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 261 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3250 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 850 days ago · 508 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1249 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 844 days ago · 506 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 839 days ago · 489 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 839 days ago · 486 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 4.5254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 882 days ago · 523 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3245 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 888 days ago · 520 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 895 days ago · 365 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.8260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 903 days ago · 492 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 906 days ago · 493 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 908 days ago · 538 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mwxj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:36 AM UTC.