M4.4 earthquake 135 km NNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 135 km NNW of Houma, Tonga on Mon, Feb 24, 2025, 12:07 PM GMT+13 (23:07 UTC), 268 km (167 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 104 km W of Pangai, 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
- 2025-02-23 23:07:09 UTC
- Depth
- 268.4 km (166.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.088° S, 175.908° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 170°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.793 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 563 days ago · 137 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.577 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 530 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.0104 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 529 days ago · 131 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.454 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 528 days ago · 186 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pwtz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.