M4.3 earthquake 109 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 109 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Mon, Jan 22, 2024, 12:09 PM GMT+13 (23:09 UTC), 205 km (127 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 165 km WNW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-21 23:09:13 UTC
- Depth
- 205.0 km (127.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.612° S, 176.171° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lu17. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC.