M4.4 earthquake 241 km SSW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 241 km SSW of Houma, Tonga on Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 5:00 AM GMT+13 (16:00 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 277 km SW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-12 16:00:34 UTC
- Depth
- 81.1 km (50.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.120° S, 176.346° 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 17.3 km horizontally, 13.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2169 km SSW of Houma, Tonga · 751 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.2277 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 737 days ago · 166 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.9243 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 731 days ago · 162 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7248 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 725 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2241 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 718 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nyn3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC.