M4.3 earthquake 251 km SSW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 251 km SSW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, Feb 7, 2024, 11:56 PM GMT+13 (10:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 278 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-02-07 10:56:24 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.132° S, 176.523° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 11
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lyqn. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.