M4.5 earthquake 104 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 104 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, May 8, 2024, 1:09 PM GMT+13 (00:09 UTC), 205 km (127 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 67 km NNW 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
- 2024-05-08 00:09:42 UTC
- Depth
- 204.9 km (127.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.426° S, 175.912° 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 14.2 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5134 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 261 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3117 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 853 days ago · 213 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8126 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 841 days ago · 143 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3127 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 835 days ago · 188 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5175 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 832 days ago · 220 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1181 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 832 days ago · 246 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.767 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 826 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mx3x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.