M4.4 earthquake 295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, Feb 3, 2026, 10:25 AM GMT+13 (21:25 UTC), 508 km (315 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 243 km WNW 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
- 2026-02-02 21:25:37 UTC
- Depth
- 507.6 km (315.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.907° S, 177.797° 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 14.2 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 237 days ago · 561 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 232 days ago · 542 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 232 days ago · 597 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 232 days ago · 601 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 230 days ago · 611 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 225 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.7243 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 223 days ago · 378 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 508 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 567 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 503 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 561 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.3268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 539 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3294 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 211 days ago · 570 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.7259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 208 days ago · 552 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 208 days ago · 529 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 203 days ago · 518 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 201 days ago · 541 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.2293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 201 days ago · 543 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 199 days ago · 572 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 199 days ago · 553 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 199 days ago · 498 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 197 days ago · 515 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 193 days ago · 571 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 192 days ago · 617 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 187 days ago · 546 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5291 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 187 days ago · 520 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.7289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 187 days ago · 548 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6247 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 185 days ago · 544 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 4.4269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 246 days ago · 533 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 246 days ago · 660 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 247 days ago · 533 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 252 days ago · 597 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 259 days ago · 528 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 262 days ago · 520 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 263 days ago · 526 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 273 days ago · 559 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 273 days ago · 526 km deep · 44 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s61a. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC.