M4.8 earthquake 262 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 262 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Fri, Nov 22, 2024, 4:18 AM GMT+13 (15:18 UTC), 330 km (205 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-11-21 15:18:43 UTC
- Depth
- 329.7 km (204.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.458° S, 177.041° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 678 days ago · 551 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 667 days ago · 585 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1248 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 663 days ago · 380 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 653 days ago · 550 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 647 days ago · 459 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1268 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 641 days ago · 437 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 639 days ago · 484 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 637 days ago · 425 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000p6s1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.