M4.4 earthquake 103 km WSW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 103 km WSW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Apr 6, 2024, 1:30 AM GMT+13 (12:30 UTC), 157 km (97 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 156 km WSW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-05 12:30:13 UTC
- Depth
- 156.6 km (97.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.358° S, 176.279° 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 14.0 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6106 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 910 days ago · 239 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.290 km W of Houma, Tonga · 899 days ago · 199 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.2156 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 888 days ago · 172 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ma58. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.