M4.2 earthquake 272 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 272 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Mar 3, 2024, 4:26 PM GMT+13 (03:26 UTC), 528 km (328 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 233 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-03 03:26:11 UTC
- Depth
- 528.2 km (328.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.765° S, 177.449° 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, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9255 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 943 days ago · 446 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.0293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 943 days ago · 563 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 942 days ago · 577 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.8233 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 940 days ago · 338 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 938 days ago · 671 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 936 days ago · 597 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 936 days ago · 536 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.6278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 931 days ago · 511 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 929 days ago · 552 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 920 days ago · 562 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 915 days ago · 557 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5215 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 911 days ago · 339 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 910 days ago · 568 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4248 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 909 days ago · 495 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 909 days ago · 584 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 907 days ago · 538 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 907 days ago · 528 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2294 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 907 days ago · 557 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 906 days ago · 493 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.8260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 902 days ago · 492 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 901 days ago · 392 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 900 days ago · 389 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 895 days ago · 567 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 895 days ago · 365 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3282 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 890 days ago · 588 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3245 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 888 days ago · 520 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 887 days ago · 574 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 885 days ago · 455 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 4.2280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 944 days ago · 537 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.0260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 951 days ago · 459 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 951 days ago · 574 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 951 days ago · 505 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1279 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 955 days ago · 539 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.5230 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 959 days ago · 327 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.5290 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 961 days ago · 565 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 962 days ago · 593 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 965 days ago · 486 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 971 days ago · 561 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0255 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 973 days ago · 482 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m3xr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC.