Tonga earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 252 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 252 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 3:26 AM GMT+13 (14:26 UTC), 549 km (341 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 293 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

Nuku‘alofa forecastMore in Tonga

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-10-07 14:26:42 UTC
Depth
548.9 km (341.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.663° S, 177.664° 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 21.5 km horizontally, 17.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
164°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 352 days ago · 524 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 351 days ago · 478 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.2277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 349 days ago · 487 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 4.4297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 346 days ago · 532 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 4.4277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 345 days ago · 475 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.7293 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 343 days ago · 530 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 336 days ago · 551 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 333 days ago · 559 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 328 days ago · 540 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 325 days ago · 521 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 322 days ago · 526 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 314 days ago · 572 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 4.2268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 311 days ago · 486 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 4.4Fiji region · 310 days ago · 596 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 4.2295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 309 days ago · 522 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 4.0Fiji region · 309 days ago · 415 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 4.2260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 304 days ago · 529 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 304 days ago · 560 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 4.2275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 303 days ago · 531 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 4.2264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 363 days ago · 467 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.3285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 376 days ago · 521 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.2259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 379 days ago · 534 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.0297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 386 days ago · 517 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 390 days ago · 591 km deep · 80 km away

Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rk6x. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC.