M4.4 earthquake 256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Jun 16, 2024, 9:48 PM GMT+13 (08:48 UTC), 489 km (304 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 161 km WNW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-06-16 08:48:51 UTC
- Depth
- 488.8 km (303.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.473° S, 177.653° 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 12.0 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 63
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 838 days ago · 486 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 829 days ago · 557 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 829 days ago · 563 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 826 days ago · 553 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 823 days ago · 577 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 820 days ago · 633 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 819 days ago · 547 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 814 days ago · 562 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1251 km W of Houma, Tonga · 812 days ago · 457 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 807 days ago · 484 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.0278 km W of Houma, Tonga · 803 days ago · 482 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 800 days ago · 537 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 797 days ago · 495 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 794 days ago · 492 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2296 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 792 days ago · 479 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.0161 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 792 days ago · 224 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 787 days ago · 484 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.5293 km W of Houma, Tonga · 787 days ago · 440 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 787 days ago · 626 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.0252 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 786 days ago · 462 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.1271 km W of Houma, Tonga · 783 days ago · 414 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 782 days ago · 560 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 780 days ago · 556 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 779 days ago · 558 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 779 days ago · 501 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 4.1249 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 844 days ago · 506 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 846 days ago · 543 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3250 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 849 days ago · 508 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 850 days ago · 591 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 852 days ago · 529 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4270 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 855 days ago · 333 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 855 days ago · 550 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 856 days ago · 580 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 856 days ago · 585 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 858 days ago · 556 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 863 days ago · 559 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 868 days ago · 517 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mssg. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC.