Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 288 km NW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 288 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Mon, Aug 26, 2024, 4:54 AM GMT+13 (15:54 UTC), 549 km (341 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. 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
2024-08-25 15:54:49 UTC
Depth
549.4 km (341.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.662° S, 177.553° W
Region
Tonga
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 15.5 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 763 days ago · 457 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 761 days ago · 570 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.1287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 760 days ago · 548 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.1270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 760 days ago · 519 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 756 days ago · 484 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 753 days ago · 547 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 4.2262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 748 days ago · 530 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 748 days ago · 488 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 748 days ago · 555 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 743 days ago · 598 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 742 days ago · 568 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 741 days ago · 554 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.0271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 739 days ago · 514 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 4.0262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 738 days ago · 526 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 4.0276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 730 days ago · 513 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 724 days ago · 435 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 4.4Fiji region · 717 days ago · 579 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 5.4Fiji region · 716 days ago · 626 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 4.1Fiji region · 715 days ago · 557 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 712 days ago · 568 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 771 days ago · 575 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 775 days ago · 612 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.5261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 779 days ago · 501 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.1256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 780 days ago · 558 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 782 days ago · 577 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  6. 5.0252 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 786 days ago · 462 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 787 days ago · 626 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.4254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 787 days ago · 484 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 791 days ago · 540 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 791 days ago · 552 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 4.2296 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 792 days ago · 479 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 4.0Fiji region · 795 days ago · 565 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 4.5265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 795 days ago · 492 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 797 days ago · 552 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000n9c7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:09 AM UTC.