Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Thu, Nov 13, 2025, 12:33 PM GMT+13 (23:33 UTC), 521 km (324 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
2025-11-12 23:33:42 UTC
Depth
521.0 km (323.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.159° S, 177.712° 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 18.4 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
165°
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: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 323 days ago · 526 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 315 days ago · 572 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.2268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 312 days ago · 486 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 312 days ago · 569 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.0299 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 312 days ago · 420 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 311 days ago · 596 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.2295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 310 days ago · 522 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.0Fiji region · 310 days ago · 415 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.4280 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 307 days ago · 544 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 4.2260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 305 days ago · 529 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 305 days ago · 560 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 4.2275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 304 days ago · 531 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 4.2283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 298 days ago · 523 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 4.4284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 295 days ago · 515 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 293 days ago · 586 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 4.4277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 289 days ago · 467 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 4.3281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 283 days ago · 554 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 4.5267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 281 days ago · 503 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 281 days ago · 515 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 4.6Fiji region · 280 days ago · 628 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 4.5269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 280 days ago · 540 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 4.4Fiji region · 280 days ago · 609 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 4.8Fiji region · 279 days ago · 600 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 4.1Fiji region · 278 days ago · 563 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 4.3282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 273 days ago · 526 km deep · 21 km away
  26. 4.4Fiji region · 273 days ago · 559 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 329 days ago · 540 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 334 days ago · 559 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 337 days ago · 551 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.7293 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 344 days ago · 530 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 4.4277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 346 days ago · 475 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.4297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 347 days ago · 532 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 349 days ago · 408 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.2277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 350 days ago · 487 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 352 days ago · 478 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.4276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 353 days ago · 524 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rn1k. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC.