M4.1 earthquake 256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 8:51 AM GMT+13 (19:51 UTC), 558 km (347 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 261 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-14 19:51:47 UTC
- Depth
- 558.3 km (346.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.968° S, 177.402° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 13.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 778 days ago · 501 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 770 days ago · 575 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 770 days ago · 536 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 769 days ago · 495 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 769 days ago · 488 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4288 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 768 days ago · 549 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 759 days ago · 548 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 759 days ago · 519 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 755 days ago · 484 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 752 days ago · 547 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 749 days ago · 521 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 747 days ago · 530 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 747 days ago · 488 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 747 days ago · 555 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0253 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 744 days ago · 480 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 742 days ago · 598 km deep · 99 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 · 31 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 · 93 km away
- 4.0262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 737 days ago · 526 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.0276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 729 days ago · 513 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 723 days ago · 435 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 782 days ago · 577 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 5.0252 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 785 days ago · 462 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 786 days ago · 626 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.4254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 787 days ago · 484 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 790 days ago · 540 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2296 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 792 days ago · 479 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 794 days ago · 565 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 794 days ago · 492 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 796 days ago · 552 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 797 days ago · 495 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.6276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 799 days ago · 537 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2Fiji region · 801 days ago · 550 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 803 days ago · 604 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 807 days ago · 484 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nq2x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC.