Tonga earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 246 km NW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 246 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 2:15 AM GMT+13 (13:15 UTC), 550 km (342 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-04-15 13:15:48 UTC
Depth
549.8 km (341.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.798° S, 177.163° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 11.1 km horizontally, 12.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
141°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 537 days ago · 479 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 536 days ago · 584 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.4272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 535 days ago · 510 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.4277 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 532 days ago · 377 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.4234 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 509 days ago · 311 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.5258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 507 days ago · 513 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.1293 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 507 days ago · 597 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.4271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 504 days ago · 504 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.4239 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 501 days ago · 502 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.0292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 498 days ago · 515 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 496 days ago · 572 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 4.4268 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 494 days ago · 361 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 4.2274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 491 days ago · 503 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 4.4Fiji region · 489 days ago · 558 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 488 days ago · 401 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.1295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 483 days ago · 554 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 540 days ago · 545 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.1286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 542 days ago · 523 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 543 days ago · 565 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 552 days ago · 501 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 557 days ago · 566 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 562 days ago · 531 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.5261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 566 days ago · 516 km deep · 88 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pw4x. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC.