M4.2 earthquake 261 km W of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 261 km W of Houma, Tonga on Wed, Feb 12, 2025, 5:36 AM GMT+13 (16:36 UTC), 373 km (232 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
- 2025-02-11 16:36:21 UTC
- Depth
- 372.6 km (231.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.564° S, 177.785° 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 13.4 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 590 days ago · 553 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3291 km W of Houma, Tonga · 588 days ago · 509 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 578 days ago · 561 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0242 km W of Houma, Tonga · 573 days ago · 371 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 544 days ago · 579 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pet5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC.