M4.4 earthquake 175 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 175 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 12:39 PM GMT+13 (23:39 UTC), 188 km (117 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 87 km NNW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-20 23:39:10 UTC
- Depth
- 188.4 km (117.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.916° S, 176.324° 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 16.3 km horizontally, 11.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.687 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 594 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3240 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 592 days ago · 351 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5132 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 588 days ago · 196 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4135 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 587 days ago · 268 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pa2r. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC.