Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 270 km NW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 270 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Fri, May 31, 2024, 7:23 PM GMT+13 (06:23 UTC), 333 km (207 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-05-31 06:23:26 UTC
Depth
333.5 km (207.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.776° S, 177.436° 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 15.7 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
67°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3250 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 849 days ago · 508 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 846 days ago · 559 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 846 days ago · 403 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 4.1249 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 844 days ago · 506 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.4256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 838 days ago · 489 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.7261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 838 days ago · 486 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 829 days ago · 557 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 827 days ago · 563 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 826 days ago · 553 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 4.2254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 807 days ago · 484 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 803 days ago · 604 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 801 days ago · 550 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 4.6276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 799 days ago · 537 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 796 days ago · 552 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 4.3297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 855 days ago · 550 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.3295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 855 days ago · 580 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.6237 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 856 days ago · 282 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 858 days ago · 556 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 863 days ago · 559 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 867 days ago · 598 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 867 days ago · 517 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.3269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 868 days ago · 480 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 869 days ago · 481 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 875 days ago · 486 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 875 days ago · 526 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 878 days ago · 592 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.0Fiji region · 879 days ago · 573 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 4.5254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 882 days ago · 523 km deep · 36 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mp59. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:43 AM UTC.