M4.5 earthquake 134 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 134 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, May 29, 2024, 12:45 PM GMT+13 (23:45 UTC), 261 km (162 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 67 km NNW 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
- 2024-05-28 23:45:09 UTC
- Depth
- 261.3 km (162.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.395° S, 176.292° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 113
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8126 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 841 days ago · 143 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3127 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 835 days ago · 188 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5175 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 832 days ago · 220 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1181 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 832 days ago · 246 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.767 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 826 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mnng. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.