M4.3 earthquake 284 km WSW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 284 km WSW of Houma, Tonga on Fri, Dec 19, 2025, 1:49 PM GMT+13 (00:49 UTC), 360 km (224 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 280 km W 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
- 2025-12-19 00:49:59 UTC
- Depth
- 359.8 km (223.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.995° S, 177.906° 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 15.7 km horizontally, 12.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Fiji region · 276 days ago · 491 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4290 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 275 days ago · 396 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5238 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 272 days ago · 249 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 246 days ago · 387 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.8280 km W of Houma, Tonga · 243 days ago · 388 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.6283 km W of Houma, Tonga · 236 days ago · 414 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rvw0. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:06 AM UTC.