M4.5 earthquake 120 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 120 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 6:01 AM GMT+13 (17:01 UTC), 135 km (84 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2024-02-17 17:01:03 UTC
- Depth
- 135.0 km (83.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.980° S, 176.081° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 51
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5177 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 929 days ago · 150 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4103 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 911 days ago · 157 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m0t7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.