M4.3 earthquake 274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Thu, Jan 15, 2026, 6:14 AM GMT+13 (17:14 UTC), 526 km (327 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-14 17:14:31 UTC
- Depth
- 525.7 km (326.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.350° S, 177.793° 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 11.9 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 262 days ago · 520 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 259 days ago · 528 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 256 days ago · 597 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2256 km W of Houma, Tonga · 253 days ago · 420 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 252 days ago · 597 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5186 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 250 days ago · 270 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 247 days ago · 533 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 246 days ago · 660 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 245 days ago · 533 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 243 days ago · 508 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 238 days ago · 587 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 237 days ago · 561 km deep · 97 km away
- 6.2Fiji region · 235 days ago · 513 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 232 days ago · 542 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 232 days ago · 494 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 232 days ago · 597 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 231 days ago · 601 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 230 days ago · 611 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 226 days ago · 585 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 224 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7243 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 223 days ago · 378 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 508 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.1293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 567 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 503 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 561 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 539 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 208 days ago · 552 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 208 days ago · 529 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 203 days ago · 518 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 4.3282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 273 days ago · 526 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 278 days ago · 563 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 278 days ago · 600 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 280 days ago · 609 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 280 days ago · 540 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 280 days ago · 628 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 280 days ago · 515 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 281 days ago · 503 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.3281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 283 days ago · 554 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.8278 km W of Houma, Tonga · 285 days ago · 445 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 289 days ago · 467 km deep · 48 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s5kj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:12 AM UTC.