Tonga earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Nov 24, 2024, 8:27 AM GMT+13 (19:27 UTC), 551 km (342 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-11-23 19:27:11 UTC
Depth
550.7 km (342.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.769° S, 177.746° 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 14.0 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
73°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4296 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 673 days ago · 537 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.2274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 671 days ago · 550 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.4290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 668 days ago · 585 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 667 days ago · 609 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 664 days ago · 495 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.1248 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 663 days ago · 380 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 3.9298 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 657 days ago · 523 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.0Fiji region · 654 days ago · 550 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 650 days ago · 488 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 3.9275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 648 days ago · 482 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 5.6Fiji region · 647 days ago · 459 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 5.5277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 643 days ago · 543 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 4.1268 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 642 days ago · 437 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 641 days ago · 565 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 4.2267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 639 days ago · 484 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 4.2283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 638 days ago · 425 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 4.2251 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 636 days ago · 493 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 633 days ago · 575 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 4.8262 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 680 days ago · 330 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 686 days ago · 536 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.9266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 690 days ago · 418 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 691 days ago · 543 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.4265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 694 days ago · 502 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 696 days ago · 539 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.5247 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 698 days ago · 502 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 4.9Fiji region · 702 days ago · 504 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.9239 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 703 days ago · 331 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 708 days ago · 393 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000p7au. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC.