M4.1 earthquake 181 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 181 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Jun 23, 2024, 2:52 PM GMT+13 (01:52 UTC), 246 km (153 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 142 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-06-23 01:52:54 UTC
- Depth
- 245.6 km (152.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.875° S, 176.369° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.5175 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 832 days ago · 220 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3127 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 835 days ago · 188 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.8126 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 841 days ago · 143 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3117 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 852 days ago · 213 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6237 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 282 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5134 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 261 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n8xv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC.