M4.0 earthquake 274 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 274 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Feb 8, 2025, 7:58 AM GMT+13 (18:58 UTC), 575 km (357 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 273 km WNW 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-07 18:58:10 UTC
- Depth
- 574.9 km (357.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.430° S, 177.173° 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 40.0 km horizontally, 28.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 303°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 594 days ago · 514 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 594 days ago · 547 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3240 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 591 days ago · 351 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.7273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 571 days ago · 404 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 566 days ago · 534 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 561 days ago · 531 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 557 days ago · 614 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 556 days ago · 566 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 551 days ago · 501 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pdr5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC.