Tonga earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 271 km W of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 271 km W of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 5:03 PM GMT+13 (04:03 UTC), 414 km (257 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-11 04:03:40 UTC
Depth
413.5 km (257.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.220° S, 177.912° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.1 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 782 days ago · 560 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 773 days ago · 535 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 770 days ago · 536 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.1278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 770 days ago · 495 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.3277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 769 days ago · 488 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.3283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 749 days ago · 521 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 748 days ago · 571 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.2262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 748 days ago · 530 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 4.0253 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 744 days ago · 480 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 4.9Fiji region · 740 days ago · 543 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 4.0273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 738 days ago · 477 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 4.5Fiji region · 730 days ago · 543 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 4.2287 km W of Houma, Tonga · 729 days ago · 481 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 724 days ago · 538 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 5.0252 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 786 days ago · 462 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 786 days ago · 400 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 786 days ago · 565 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.5293 km W of Houma, Tonga · 787 days ago · 440 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 4.4254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 787 days ago · 484 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 787 days ago · 559 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 792 days ago · 580 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 797 days ago · 495 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 801 days ago · 543 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.0278 km W of Houma, Tonga · 803 days ago · 482 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 4.1251 km W of Houma, Tonga · 812 days ago · 457 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000njg5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:39 PM UTC.