M4.3 earthquake 216 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 216 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Thu, May 9, 2024, 10:34 PM GMT+13 (09:34 UTC), 194 km (121 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-05-09 09:34:47 UTC
- Depth
- 194.2 km (120.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.321° S, 176.988° 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 14.9 km horizontally, 16.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5203 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 871 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.9285 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 858 days ago · 168 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5260 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 843 days ago · 168 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.1226 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 842 days ago · 125 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4187 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 822 days ago · 113 km deep · 28 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000myz4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:33 PM UTC.