Tonga earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Aug 24, 2024, 5:11 PM GMT+13 (04:11 UTC), 495 km (308 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-24 04:11:43 UTC
Depth
495.0 km (307.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.533° S, 177.888° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 13.6 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 770 days ago · 488 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 4.1287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 760 days ago · 548 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.1270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 760 days ago · 519 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 756 days ago · 484 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 753 days ago · 547 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.3283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 750 days ago · 521 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 749 days ago · 571 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.2262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 748 days ago · 530 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 748 days ago · 488 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 748 days ago · 555 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.0253 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 745 days ago · 480 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 743 days ago · 598 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 742 days ago · 568 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 741 days ago · 554 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 4.9Fiji region · 740 days ago · 543 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 4.0271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 739 days ago · 514 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 4.0273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 739 days ago · 477 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 4.0262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 738 days ago · 526 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 4.0Fiji region · 735 days ago · 621 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 4.5Fiji region · 731 days ago · 543 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 4.0276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 730 days ago · 513 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 4.2287 km W of Houma, Tonga · 730 days ago · 481 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 4.2Fiji region · 724 days ago · 435 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 4.4Fiji region · 717 days ago · 579 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 5.4Fiji region · 716 days ago · 626 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 4.1Fiji region · 715 days ago · 557 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 4.1Fiji region · 714 days ago · 606 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 770 days ago · 564 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 770 days ago · 536 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 771 days ago · 575 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 778 days ago · 610 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.5261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 779 days ago · 501 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.1256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 780 days ago · 558 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 781 days ago · 556 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 783 days ago · 560 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.1271 km W of Houma, Tonga · 783 days ago · 414 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 5.0252 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 786 days ago · 462 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 787 days ago · 565 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 787 days ago · 626 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 4.5293 km W of Houma, Tonga · 787 days ago · 440 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 4.4254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 787 days ago · 484 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 792 days ago · 580 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 4.2296 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 793 days ago · 479 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 4.5265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 795 days ago · 492 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 798 days ago · 495 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ngb5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.