M4.5 earthquake 260 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 260 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Thu, Jun 13, 2024, 5:40 PM GMT+13 (04:40 UTC), 168 km (104 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
- 2024-06-13 04:40:40 UTC
- Depth
- 168.1 km (104.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.845° S, 177.070° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 118°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1226 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 842 days ago · 125 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4187 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 822 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3232 km SSW of Houma, Tonga · 817 days ago · 154 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6264 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 800 days ago · 156 km deep · 4 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n8ab. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.