Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 275 km W of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 275 km W of Houma, Tonga on Mon, Jun 9, 2025, 11:48 AM GMT+13 (22:48 UTC), 433 km (269 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-06-08 22:48:59 UTC
Depth
433.4 km (269.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.149° S, 177.956° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
46

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 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 480 days ago · 603 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 480 days ago · 549 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.3289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 479 days ago · 529 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 467 days ago · 583 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 454 days ago · 583 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 452 days ago · 550 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 448 days ago · 595 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 4.8Fiji region · 443 days ago · 562 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 428 days ago · 566 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 427 days ago · 600 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 426 days ago · 555 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 425 days ago · 559 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 4.0284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 482 days ago · 497 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.3274 km W of Houma, Tonga · 483 days ago · 497 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 5.9299 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 484 days ago · 359 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.0272 km W of Houma, Tonga · 494 days ago · 425 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 498 days ago · 598 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.5279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 501 days ago · 537 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.4271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 503 days ago · 504 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.4259 km W of Houma, Tonga · 507 days ago · 478 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.5258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 507 days ago · 513 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 507 days ago · 498 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.5279 km W of Houma, Tonga · 512 days ago · 499 km deep · 43 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qj2f. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC.