M4.5 earthquake 269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Dec 28, 2025, 9:16 PM GMT+13 (08:16 UTC), 540 km (336 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-28 08:16:33 UTC
- Depth
- 540.2 km (335.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.345° S, 177.738° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 10.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 280 days ago · 609 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 279 days ago · 600 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 278 days ago · 563 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 273 days ago · 526 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 263 days ago · 526 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 262 days ago · 520 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.1284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 260 days ago · 528 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2256 km W of Houma, Tonga · 254 days ago · 420 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 252 days ago · 597 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5186 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 250 days ago · 270 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 248 days ago · 533 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 246 days ago · 660 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 246 days ago · 533 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 244 days ago · 508 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 238 days ago · 587 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 237 days ago · 561 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 232 days ago · 542 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 232 days ago · 494 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 232 days ago · 597 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 232 days ago · 601 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 231 days ago · 611 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 227 days ago · 585 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 225 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.7243 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 223 days ago · 378 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.6Fiji region · 280 days ago · 628 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 281 days ago · 515 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.5267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 281 days ago · 503 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 283 days ago · 554 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.8278 km W of Houma, Tonga · 286 days ago · 445 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 289 days ago · 467 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 293 days ago · 586 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 293 days ago · 603 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 295 days ago · 515 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 298 days ago · 523 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.2275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 304 days ago · 531 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 305 days ago · 560 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 305 days ago · 529 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.4280 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 307 days ago · 544 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 310 days ago · 415 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 310 days ago · 522 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rl5z. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC.