Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Thu, May 15, 2025, 9:21 AM GMT+13 (20:21 UTC), 513 km (319 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-05-14 20:21:46 UTC
Depth
513.2 km (318.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.380° S, 177.642° 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 14.8 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4259 km W of Houma, Tonga · 506 days ago · 478 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.1293 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 506 days ago · 597 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 4.4271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 503 days ago · 504 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.5279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 501 days ago · 537 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.4239 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 500 days ago · 502 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 4.2173 km W of Houma, Tonga · 499 days ago · 330 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.0292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 497 days ago · 515 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 4.0272 km W of Houma, Tonga · 494 days ago · 425 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 4.4268 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 493 days ago · 361 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 4.2274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 490 days ago · 503 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 487 days ago · 401 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 4.3274 km W of Houma, Tonga · 482 days ago · 497 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 4.1295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 482 days ago · 554 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 4.0284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 482 days ago · 497 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 4.3275 km W of Houma, Tonga · 481 days ago · 433 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 4.7Fiji region · 479 days ago · 549 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 4.3289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 478 days ago · 529 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 4.0271 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 466 days ago · 376 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 456 days ago · 576 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 4.4Fiji region · 452 days ago · 550 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 4.4Fiji region · 450 days ago · 550 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 507 days ago · 498 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.5279 km W of Houma, Tonga · 511 days ago · 499 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 511 days ago · 623 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.5292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 513 days ago · 496 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 513 days ago · 577 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.1281 km W of Houma, Tonga · 534 days ago · 464 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 4.4272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 534 days ago · 510 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 4.2280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 536 days ago · 479 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.0246 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 536 days ago · 550 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pz8v. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.