M4.2 earthquake 284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 3:20 PM GMT+13 (02:20 UTC), 554 km (344 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-22 02:20:23 UTC
- Depth
- 554.4 km (344.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.953° S, 177.702° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 60
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 740 days ago · 543 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.0271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 738 days ago · 514 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.0273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 738 days ago · 477 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.0262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 737 days ago · 526 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 731 days ago · 543 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 730 days ago · 513 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.2287 km W of Houma, Tonga · 729 days ago · 481 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 724 days ago · 435 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 717 days ago · 579 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 715 days ago · 626 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 715 days ago · 557 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 714 days ago · 606 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 711 days ago · 568 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 708 days ago · 393 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.9239 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 703 days ago · 331 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5247 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 697 days ago · 502 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 696 days ago · 539 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 694 days ago · 502 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 691 days ago · 543 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 690 days ago · 418 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 686 days ago · 536 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 682 days ago · 549 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 741 days ago · 568 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 742 days ago · 598 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0253 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 744 days ago · 480 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 747 days ago · 555 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 747 days ago · 488 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 748 days ago · 530 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 749 days ago · 521 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 753 days ago · 547 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 756 days ago · 484 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 759 days ago · 519 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.1287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 759 days ago · 548 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.4288 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 768 days ago · 549 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 769 days ago · 488 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 770 days ago · 495 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 770 days ago · 564 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 770 days ago · 536 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 770 days ago · 575 km deep · 38 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ntl3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:06 PM UTC.