M4.2 earthquake 295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Nov 29, 2025, 7:26 AM GMT+13 (18:26 UTC), 522 km (324 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-11-28 18:26:52 UTC
- Depth
- 522.1 km (324.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.669° S, 178.089° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Fiji region · 309 days ago · 415 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 305 days ago · 620 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 305 days ago · 529 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 304 days ago · 560 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 304 days ago · 531 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 298 days ago · 523 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 295 days ago · 515 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 293 days ago · 603 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 289 days ago · 467 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.8278 km W of Houma, Tonga · 285 days ago · 445 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 283 days ago · 554 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 281 days ago · 623 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 281 days ago · 503 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 280 days ago · 515 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 280 days ago · 591 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 280 days ago · 628 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 280 days ago · 540 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 280 days ago · 609 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 278 days ago · 600 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 275 days ago · 491 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 273 days ago · 526 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 262 days ago · 526 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 262 days ago · 520 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 260 days ago · 589 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 259 days ago · 528 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 256 days ago · 597 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2256 km W of Houma, Tonga · 253 days ago · 420 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 253 days ago · 589 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 252 days ago · 597 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 311 days ago · 596 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 312 days ago · 486 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 319 days ago · 589 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 320 days ago · 599 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 323 days ago · 526 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 325 days ago · 521 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 326 days ago · 607 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 329 days ago · 540 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 329 days ago · 587 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 333 days ago · 559 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 336 days ago · 551 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rvap. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:51 AM UTC.