M4.5 earthquake 265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, Jul 30, 2024, 8:37 PM GMT+13 (07:37 UTC), 492 km (306 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 252 km WNW 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
- 2024-07-30 07:37:53 UTC
- Depth
- 492.3 km (305.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.110° S, 177.586° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 80
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2296 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 792 days ago · 479 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 790 days ago · 540 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 787 days ago · 484 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 786 days ago · 626 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.0252 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 785 days ago · 462 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 780 days ago · 556 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 779 days ago · 558 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.5261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 778 days ago · 501 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 770 days ago · 575 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 770 days ago · 536 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 770 days ago · 564 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 769 days ago · 495 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 769 days ago · 488 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4288 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 768 days ago · 549 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 759 days ago · 548 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 759 days ago · 519 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 755 days ago · 484 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 752 days ago · 547 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 749 days ago · 521 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 747 days ago · 530 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 747 days ago · 488 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 747 days ago · 555 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.0253 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 744 days ago · 480 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 742 days ago · 598 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 741 days ago · 568 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 740 days ago · 554 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 740 days ago · 543 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 738 days ago · 514 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.0273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 738 days ago · 477 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 737 days ago · 526 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 797 days ago · 495 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.6276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 799 days ago · 537 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2Fiji region · 803 days ago · 604 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 807 days ago · 484 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.1251 km W of Houma, Tonga · 812 days ago · 457 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 819 days ago · 547 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 822 days ago · 577 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ngun. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC.