M4.5 earthquake 275 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 275 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 4:36 PM GMT+13 (03:36 UTC), 151 km (94 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-12 03:36:24 UTC
- Depth
- 151.3 km (94.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.986° S, 177.124° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1292 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 897 days ago · 171 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.0south of the Fiji Islands · 889 days ago · 318 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 887 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3216 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 878 days ago · 194 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5203 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 872 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.9285 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 859 days ago · 168 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 846 days ago · 215 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mbku. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC.