M4.9 earthquake 239 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 239 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, Oct 30, 2024, 5:16 AM GMT+13 (16:16 UTC), 331 km (206 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-10-29 16:16:32 UTC
- Depth
- 330.9 km (205.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.730° S, 177.021° 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 10.3 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 122
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5247 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 697 days ago · 502 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 694 days ago · 502 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 686 days ago · 536 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.8262 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 680 days ago · 330 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.1298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 678 days ago · 551 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 668 days ago · 585 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1248 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 663 days ago · 380 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 654 days ago · 550 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 647 days ago · 459 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nnv7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:15 AM UTC.