M4.1 earthquake 270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, Sep 4, 2024, 5:30 AM GMT+13 (16:30 UTC), 519 km (323 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-03 16:30:19 UTC
- Depth
- 519.2 km (322.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.202° S, 177.688° 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 14.8 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 756 days ago · 484 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 753 days ago · 547 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.3283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 749 days ago · 521 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 748 days ago · 530 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 747 days ago · 488 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 747 days ago · 555 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0253 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 744 days ago · 480 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 742 days ago · 598 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 741 days ago · 568 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 741 days ago · 554 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 740 days ago · 543 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 738 days ago · 514 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.0273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 738 days ago · 477 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.0262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 737 days ago · 526 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 731 days ago · 543 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 730 days ago · 513 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.2287 km W of Houma, Tonga · 729 days ago · 481 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 724 days ago · 435 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 717 days ago · 579 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 715 days ago · 626 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 715 days ago · 557 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 714 days ago · 606 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.9239 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 703 days ago · 331 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 702 days ago · 570 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.1287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 759 days ago · 548 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4288 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 768 days ago · 549 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 769 days ago · 488 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 770 days ago · 495 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 770 days ago · 564 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 770 days ago · 536 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 770 days ago · 575 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 777 days ago · 610 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 779 days ago · 501 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 779 days ago · 558 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 780 days ago · 556 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 782 days ago · 560 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.0252 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 786 days ago · 462 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 787 days ago · 626 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 787 days ago · 484 km deep · 31 km away
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