M4.0 earthquake 271 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 271 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 7:59 PM GMT+13 (06:59 UTC), 376 km (234 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 215 km NW 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-06-24 06:59:42 UTC
- Depth
- 375.8 km (233.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.703° S, 177.384° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 462 days ago · 600 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 456 days ago · 576 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 455 days ago · 575 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 450 days ago · 550 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4295 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 445 days ago · 336 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 442 days ago · 597 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.8257 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 433 days ago · 534 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.6215 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 432 days ago · 308 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2247 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 416 days ago · 528 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 409 days ago · 510 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 474 days ago · 559 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 474 days ago · 559 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3261 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 476 days ago · 338 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 483 days ago · 554 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 488 days ago · 401 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 489 days ago · 558 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 491 days ago · 503 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4268 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 494 days ago · 361 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 496 days ago · 572 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qaw8. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:40 PM UTC.