Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Mar 16, 2025, 5:24 PM GMT+13 (04:24 UTC), 534 km (332 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-03-16 04:24:35 UTC
Depth
533.8 km (331.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.894° S, 177.440° 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 15.8 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 566 days ago · 516 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 561 days ago · 531 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 556 days ago · 566 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 553 days ago · 533 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 551 days ago · 501 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 542 days ago · 565 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 4.1286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 542 days ago · 523 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 539 days ago · 545 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 4.0246 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 536 days ago · 550 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 4.2280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 536 days ago · 479 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 535 days ago · 584 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 4.4272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 534 days ago · 510 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 4.4277 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 531 days ago · 377 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 4.5292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 513 days ago · 496 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 4.6Fiji region · 511 days ago · 623 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 4.1Fiji region · 507 days ago · 498 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 4.5258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 506 days ago · 513 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 4.4259 km W of Houma, Tonga · 506 days ago · 478 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 4.1293 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 506 days ago · 597 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 4.7273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 571 days ago · 404 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 4.0242 km W of Houma, Tonga · 572 days ago · 371 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.2281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 584 days ago · 553 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.3240 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 591 days ago · 351 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 592 days ago · 537 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 594 days ago · 547 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.3264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 594 days ago · 398 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 4.2275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 595 days ago · 514 km deep · 39 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pmiy. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:36 AM UTC.