M4.3 earthquake 261 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 261 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Jun 15, 2025, 5:19 PM GMT+13 (04:19 UTC), 338 km (210 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 215 km NW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-06-15 04:19:18 UTC
- Depth
- 338.5 km (210.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.499° S, 177.077° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 31
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 473 days ago · 559 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 473 days ago · 559 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0271 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 466 days ago · 376 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 462 days ago · 600 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 456 days ago · 576 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 455 days ago · 575 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 450 days ago · 550 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4295 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 445 days ago · 336 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 442 days ago · 597 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 435 days ago · 621 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.8257 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 433 days ago · 534 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6215 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 432 days ago · 308 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.1295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 483 days ago · 554 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 488 days ago · 401 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 488 days ago · 558 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 490 days ago · 503 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4268 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 494 days ago · 361 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 496 days ago · 572 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qkdw. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.