Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 278 km W of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 278 km W of Houma, Tonga on Tue, Dec 23, 2025, 5:02 AM GMT+13 (16:02 UTC), 445 km (277 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-12-22 16:02:33 UTC
Depth
445.1 km (276.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.064° S, 177.978° 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 13.1 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
125°
Stations used
76

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 284 days ago · 554 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.8Fiji region · 281 days ago · 591 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.5269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 281 days ago · 540 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 281 days ago · 609 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.8Fiji region · 279 days ago · 600 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 276 days ago · 491 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.4290 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 274 days ago · 396 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.3282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 274 days ago · 526 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 263 days ago · 526 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 263 days ago · 520 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 4.0Fiji region · 261 days ago · 589 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 4.2256 km W of Houma, Tonga · 254 days ago · 420 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 5.0Fiji region · 254 days ago · 589 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 248 days ago · 533 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 247 days ago · 660 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 4.8280 km W of Houma, Tonga · 243 days ago · 388 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 239 days ago · 587 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 6.2Fiji region · 236 days ago · 513 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 4.6283 km W of Houma, Tonga · 236 days ago · 414 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 4.3280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 233 days ago · 542 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 4.3Fiji region · 232 days ago · 494 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 4.1268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 231 days ago · 611 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 4.6Fiji region · 227 days ago · 585 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.4277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 289 days ago · 467 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.9Fiji region · 294 days ago · 603 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.4284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 296 days ago · 515 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.2283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 299 days ago · 523 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 305 days ago · 560 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.2260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 306 days ago · 529 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 309 days ago · 646 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.2295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 310 days ago · 522 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 4.2268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 312 days ago · 486 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rk2w. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:11 PM UTC.