Tonga earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Sep 15, 2024, 5:31 PM GMT+13 (04:31 UTC), 530 km (330 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-09-15 04:31:51 UTC
Depth
530.4 km (329.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.511° S, 177.723° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
63°
Stations used
46

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 747 days ago · 488 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 747 days ago · 555 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.0253 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 744 days ago · 480 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 743 days ago · 598 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 742 days ago · 568 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 741 days ago · 554 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 4.9Fiji region · 740 days ago · 543 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 4.0271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 739 days ago · 514 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.0273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 738 days ago · 477 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 4.0262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 737 days ago · 526 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 731 days ago · 543 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 4.0276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 730 days ago · 513 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 4.2287 km W of Houma, Tonga · 729 days ago · 481 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 724 days ago · 435 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 717 days ago · 579 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 5.4Fiji region · 716 days ago · 626 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 4.1Fiji region · 715 days ago · 557 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 714 days ago · 606 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 4.1Fiji region · 702 days ago · 570 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 4.5247 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 697 days ago · 502 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 4.2Fiji region · 696 days ago · 539 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 4.4265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 694 days ago · 502 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 4.3Fiji region · 694 days ago · 591 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 5.0Fiji region · 692 days ago · 583 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 4.3Fiji region · 691 days ago · 543 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 4.9266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 690 days ago · 418 km deep · 7 km away

Before

  1. 4.3283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 749 days ago · 521 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 753 days ago · 547 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 756 days ago · 484 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 4.1270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 759 days ago · 519 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.1287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 759 days ago · 548 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.4288 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 768 days ago · 549 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.3277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 769 days ago · 488 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 4.1278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 770 days ago · 495 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 770 days ago · 564 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 770 days ago · 536 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 771 days ago · 575 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ndwt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC.