Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 146 km NNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 146 km NNW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 3:32 AM GMT+13 (14:32 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-03-30 14:32:42 UTC
Depth
9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.923° S, 175.772° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.4 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8155 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 5.3171 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 5.2164 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.8169 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.8161 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 4.6165 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.5186 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.4184 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.8165 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 5.5163 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 4.6106 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 909 days ago · 239 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 4.4175 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 908 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 4.8136 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 905 days ago · 199 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 4.391 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 889 days ago · 131 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 4.9161 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 888 days ago · 227 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 4.5172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 881 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 5.7172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 880 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 4.5104 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 878 days ago · 205 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 4.9200 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 874 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 4.5134 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 261 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 4.2162 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 927 days ago · 216 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.3137 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 927 days ago · 157 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ma69. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC.