M4.4 earthquake 270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, May 14, 2024, 1:39 PM GMT+13 (00:39 UTC), 474 km (294 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-05-14 00:39:01 UTC
- Depth
- 473.6 km (294.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.613° S, 177.837° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 869 days ago · 481 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 869 days ago · 578 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 868 days ago · 480 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 867 days ago · 517 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 863 days ago · 559 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 860 days ago · 538 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 858 days ago · 556 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 856 days ago · 585 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 855 days ago · 550 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 852 days ago · 529 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 849 days ago · 591 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3250 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 849 days ago · 508 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 846 days ago · 543 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1249 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 844 days ago · 506 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 838 days ago · 489 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.7261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 838 days ago · 486 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 829 days ago · 557 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 828 days ago · 563 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 826 days ago · 553 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 823 days ago · 539 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 822 days ago · 577 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 820 days ago · 633 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 819 days ago · 547 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 817 days ago · 586 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 814 days ago · 562 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1251 km W of Houma, Tonga · 812 days ago · 457 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 875 days ago · 486 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 875 days ago · 542 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 875 days ago · 526 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 877 days ago · 587 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3194 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 878 days ago · 353 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 878 days ago · 592 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 882 days ago · 523 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 885 days ago · 455 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 887 days ago · 574 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3245 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 888 days ago · 520 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 893 days ago · 559 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 893 days ago · 603 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 895 days ago · 365 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 895 days ago · 579 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.4266 km W of Houma, Tonga · 898 days ago · 388 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 900 days ago · 389 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n01y. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:56 PM UTC.