M4.2 earthquake 97 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 97 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 9:51 PM GMT+13 (08:51 UTC), 186 km (116 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 106 km NW 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
- 2024-03-30 08:51:05 UTC
- Depth
- 186.2 km (115.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.989° S, 176.216° 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 13.8 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4103 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 910 days ago · 157 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.6106 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 909 days ago · 239 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.290 km W of Houma, Tonga · 899 days ago · 199 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.3194 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 878 days ago · 353 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5104 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 878 days ago · 205 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5134 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 261 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ma5t. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC.