Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Thu, Jun 12, 2025, 2:42 PM GMT+13 (01:42 UTC), 529 km (328 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
2025-06-12 01:42:48 UTC
Depth
528.6 km (328.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.637° S, 178.028° 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 15.5 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
27

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 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 467 days ago · 583 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 464 days ago · 625 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 464 days ago · 607 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 464 days ago · 622 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 457 days ago · 576 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 453 days ago · 550 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 451 days ago · 550 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 448 days ago · 595 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.8Fiji region · 444 days ago · 562 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 444 days ago · 599 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 436 days ago · 595 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 429 days ago · 566 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 428 days ago · 600 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 426 days ago · 555 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 425 days ago · 559 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 480 days ago · 549 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 4.3275 km W of Houma, Tonga · 482 days ago · 433 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.0284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 483 days ago · 497 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.1295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 483 days ago · 554 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.3274 km W of Houma, Tonga · 483 days ago · 497 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 488 days ago · 401 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.2274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 491 days ago · 503 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.0272 km W of Houma, Tonga · 494 days ago · 425 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.0292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 498 days ago · 515 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 498 days ago · 598 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 4.4239 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 501 days ago · 502 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 4.5279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 502 days ago · 537 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 4.4271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 504 days ago · 504 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 4.1293 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 507 days ago · 597 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 4.4259 km W of Houma, Tonga · 507 days ago · 478 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 4.5258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 507 days ago · 513 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 4.1Fiji region · 508 days ago · 498 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qjqc. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:27 AM UTC.