Tonga earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Mon, May 27, 2024, 11:27 PM GMT+13 (10:27 UTC), 556 km (346 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
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-05-27 10:27:46 UTC
Depth
556.3 km (345.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.517° S, 177.954° 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 13.6 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
72°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 857 days ago · 585 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 4.3295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 580 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.3297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 550 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.4270 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 856 days ago · 333 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 856 days ago · 554 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 853 days ago · 529 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 851 days ago · 591 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.3250 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 851 days ago · 508 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 847 days ago · 543 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 4.1249 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 846 days ago · 506 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 4.4256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 840 days ago · 489 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.7261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 840 days ago · 486 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 831 days ago · 557 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 830 days ago · 563 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 828 days ago · 553 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 825 days ago · 539 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 4.4Fiji region · 824 days ago · 577 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 4.5Fiji region · 823 days ago · 619 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 4.1Fiji region · 821 days ago · 633 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 4.4Fiji region · 821 days ago · 547 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 4.0Fiji region · 819 days ago · 586 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 4.2Fiji region · 816 days ago · 562 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 4.1251 km W of Houma, Tonga · 814 days ago · 457 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 4.2254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 808 days ago · 484 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 4.0278 km W of Houma, Tonga · 805 days ago · 482 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 4.2Fiji region · 803 days ago · 543 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 4.6276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 801 days ago · 537 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 862 days ago · 538 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 865 days ago · 559 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 869 days ago · 517 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 4.3269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 870 days ago · 480 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 5.0Fiji region · 871 days ago · 578 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 871 days ago · 481 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 4.4270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 873 days ago · 474 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 876 days ago · 486 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 4.3261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 877 days ago · 542 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 877 days ago · 526 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 879 days ago · 587 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.3194 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 880 days ago · 353 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 880 days ago · 592 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 4.5254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 883 days ago · 523 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 887 days ago · 455 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 889 days ago · 574 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 4.3245 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 889 days ago · 520 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mq29. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:40 AM UTC.