M4.4 earthquake 187 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 187 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Thu, Jul 4, 2024, 2:50 PM GMT+13 (01:50 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 118 km SW 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
- 2024-07-04 01:50:52 UTC
- Depth
- 113.3 km (70.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.150° S, 176.783° 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 17.8 km horizontally, 13.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3232 km SSW of Houma, Tonga · 818 days ago · 154 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6264 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 801 days ago · 156 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.5118 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 778 days ago · 123 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8242 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 774 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.689 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 766 days ago · 137 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000myl0. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.