M4.4 earthquake 285 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 285 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 11:35 PM GMT+13 (10:35 UTC), 579 km (360 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 273 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-28 10:35:19 UTC
- Depth
- 579.4 km (360.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.368° S, 177.252° 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 14.5 km horizontally, 17.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 613 days ago · 579 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 603 days ago · 577 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0274 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 602 days ago · 575 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.2275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 594 days ago · 514 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 594 days ago · 547 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3240 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 591 days ago · 351 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4299 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 576 days ago · 585 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 571 days ago · 404 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 566 days ago · 534 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 560 days ago · 531 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 557 days ago · 614 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 556 days ago · 566 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 4.4298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 615 days ago · 442 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 616 days ago · 636 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 617 days ago · 628 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 633 days ago · 575 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 637 days ago · 425 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 639 days ago · 484 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1268 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 642 days ago · 437 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pmry. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC.