M4.5 earthquake 175 km NNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 175 km NNW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Jun 23, 2024, 7:41 AM GMT+13 (18:41 UTC), 220 km (137 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 142 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
- 2024-06-22 18:41:06 UTC
- Depth
- 219.8 km (136.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.852° S, 176.239° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 69
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1181 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 832 days ago · 246 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.7142 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 773 days ago · 200 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 4.3127 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 835 days ago · 188 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.8126 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 841 days ago · 143 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3117 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 852 days ago · 213 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.6237 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 282 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5134 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 261 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mtzv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC.