M4.8 earthquake 278 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 278 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 7:23 AM GMT+13 (18:23 UTC), 148 km (92 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 285 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-30 18:23:59 UTC
- Depth
- 147.9 km (91.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.037° S, 177.112° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 83
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5275 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 906 days ago · 151 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.1292 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 898 days ago · 171 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 887 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3216 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 878 days ago · 194 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5203 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 872 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.9285 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 859 days ago · 168 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m8z4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:56 PM UTC.