M4.3 earthquake 240 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 240 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, Feb 19, 2025, 1:03 PM GMT+13 (00:03 UTC), 351 km (218 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 263 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-19 00:03:34 UTC
- Depth
- 350.6 km (217.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.500° S, 176.772° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 12.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 35
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 566 days ago · 534 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 561 days ago · 531 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 539 days ago · 545 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0246 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 536 days ago · 550 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 594 days ago · 547 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0274 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 603 days ago · 575 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 603 days ago · 577 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4285 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 613 days ago · 579 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4175 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 620 days ago · 188 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pemr. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:18 AM UTC.