M4.6 earthquake 106 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 106 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Apr 7, 2024, 11:47 AM GMT+13 (22:47 UTC), 239 km (148 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 161 km W of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-06 22:47:14 UTC
- Depth
- 238.6 km (148.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.506° S, 176.042° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4175 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 908 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.290 km W of Houma, Tonga · 899 days ago · 199 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.9161 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 888 days ago · 227 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5104 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 878 days ago · 205 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.5134 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 261 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3117 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 853 days ago · 213 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.4103 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 910 days ago · 157 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.5163 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8165 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5186 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6165 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8169 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.2164 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.3171 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8155 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5146 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 186 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mai6. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:51 PM UTC.