M4.2 earthquake 255 km WSW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 255 km WSW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, Feb 6, 2024, 3:06 PM GMT+13 (02:06 UTC), 294 km (183 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 177 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-02-06 02:06:54 UTC
- Depth
- 294.1 km (182.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.086° S, 177.565° 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 22.2 km horizontally, 13.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2299 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 969 days ago · 390 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.5177 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 929 days ago · 150 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ly16. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC.