M4.3 earthquake 159 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 159 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Nov 2, 2024, 11:26 AM GMT+13 (22:26 UTC), 250 km (156 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 118 km WNW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-11-01 22:26:39 UTC
- Depth
- 250.4 km (155.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.839° S, 176.796° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000npgh. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:01 AM UTC.