M4.8 earthquake 105 km NNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 105 km NNW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Nov 9, 2024, 9:22 PM GMT+13 (08:22 UTC), 143 km (89 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 48 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-11-09 08:22:16 UTC
- Depth
- 143.3 km (89.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.328° S, 175.768° 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 21.4 km horizontally, 13.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6134 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 693 days ago · 207 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.648 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 685 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.5118 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 683 days ago · 213 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 4.266 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 679 days ago · 92 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6132 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 673 days ago · 224 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nquv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:49 PM UTC.