M4.4 earthquake 170 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 170 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Wed, Jan 7, 2026, 5:04 PM GMT+13 (04:04 UTC), 133 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 189 km SW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-07 04:04:54 UTC
- Depth
- 133.3 km (82.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.034° S, 176.669° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4177 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 271 days ago · 256 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4144 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 260 days ago · 237 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6160 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 242 days ago · 116 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.3189 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 225 days ago · 194 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s4s6. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:11 PM UTC.