M4.4 earthquake 54 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 54 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Fri, Apr 25, 2025, 12:02 PM GMT+13 (23:02 UTC), 186 km (116 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 107 km WSW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-04-24 23:02:31 UTC
- Depth
- 186.2 km (115.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.937° S, 175.763° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 19
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4121 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 517 days ago · 235 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.545 km W of Houma, Tonga · 492 days ago · 139 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.7107 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 479 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.620 km NNE of Kolonga, Tonga · 473 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000py9r. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:39 AM UTC.