M4.5 earthquake 203 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 203 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Thu, May 16, 2024, 6:39 AM GMT+13 (17:39 UTC), 73 km (45 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-05-15 17:39:42 UTC
- Depth
- 72.6 km (45.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.640° S, 176.493° 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 14.8 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9285 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 859 days ago · 168 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4104 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 848 days ago · 153 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.5260 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 843 days ago · 168 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.1226 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 842 days ago · 125 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4187 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 822 days ago · 113 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3232 km SSW of Houma, Tonga · 818 days ago · 154 km deep · 34 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n0aj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:39 AM UTC.