Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 268 km NW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 268 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, May 28, 2025, 9:56 AM GMT+13 (20:56 UTC), 361 km (224 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-05-27 20:56:56 UTC
Depth
360.9 km (224.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.773° S, 177.410° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.5 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
51

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 491 days ago · 503 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 489 days ago · 558 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 489 days ago · 401 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.1295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 484 days ago · 554 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.0284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 483 days ago · 497 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.3261 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 476 days ago · 338 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 474 days ago · 559 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 474 days ago · 559 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.0271 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 467 days ago · 376 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 463 days ago · 600 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 457 days ago · 576 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 456 days ago · 575 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 451 days ago · 550 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 4.4295 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 446 days ago · 336 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 4.5Fiji region · 443 days ago · 597 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 497 days ago · 572 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.0292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 498 days ago · 515 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.4239 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 501 days ago · 502 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.5279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 502 days ago · 537 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.4271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 504 days ago · 504 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.1293 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 507 days ago · 597 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 4.5258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 508 days ago · 513 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.4234 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 509 days ago · 311 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 513 days ago · 623 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.5292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 514 days ago · 496 km deep · 96 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qjnq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.