M4.2 earthquake 283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 5:07 PM GMT+13 (04:07 UTC), 523 km (325 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-10 04:07:12 UTC
- Depth
- 523.3 km (325.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.300° S, 177.862° 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 13.8 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 294 days ago · 515 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 292 days ago · 603 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 292 days ago · 586 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 288 days ago · 467 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.8278 km W of Houma, Tonga · 285 days ago · 445 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 282 days ago · 554 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.5267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 280 days ago · 503 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 280 days ago · 515 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 279 days ago · 628 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 279 days ago · 540 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 279 days ago · 609 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 278 days ago · 600 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 277 days ago · 563 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 272 days ago · 526 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 262 days ago · 526 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 261 days ago · 520 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 259 days ago · 528 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 256 days ago · 597 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2256 km W of Houma, Tonga · 253 days ago · 420 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 251 days ago · 597 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5186 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 249 days ago · 270 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 247 days ago · 533 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 245 days ago · 660 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 245 days ago · 533 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 243 days ago · 508 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 237 days ago · 587 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.2275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 303 days ago · 531 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 304 days ago · 560 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 304 days ago · 529 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4280 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 306 days ago · 544 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 309 days ago · 415 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 309 days ago · 522 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 310 days ago · 596 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.0299 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 311 days ago · 420 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 311 days ago · 486 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 314 days ago · 572 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 322 days ago · 526 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 325 days ago · 521 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rmln. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC.