M4.6 earthquake 237 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 237 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, May 29, 2024, 2:56 PM GMT+13 (01:56 UTC), 282 km (175 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2024-05-29 01:56:21 UTC
- Depth
- 282.3 km (175.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.471° S, 176.688° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4270 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 854 days ago · 333 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 846 days ago · 403 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5175 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 832 days ago · 220 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1181 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 831 days ago · 246 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 827 days ago · 563 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mnp4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:43 AM UTC.