M4.5 earthquake 213 km WSW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 213 km WSW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 3:55 AM GMT+13 (14:55 UTC), 197 km (123 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 116 km WSW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-16 14:55:09 UTC
- Depth
- 197.5 km (122.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.024° S, 177.151° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 45
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.8116 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 989 days ago · 155 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 5.3198 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 984 days ago · 212 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.8264 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 975 days ago · 176 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2255 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 970 days ago · 294 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2299 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 969 days ago · 390 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lt8j. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:54 PM UTC.