M4.1 earthquake 284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Jan 18, 2026, 6:43 AM GMT+13 (17:43 UTC), 528 km (328 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-17 17:43:05 UTC
- Depth
- 527.6 km (327.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.104° S, 177.788° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 18.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2256 km W of Houma, Tonga · 254 days ago · 420 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 253 days ago · 597 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5186 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 251 days ago · 270 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 248 days ago · 533 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 247 days ago · 660 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 246 days ago · 533 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 244 days ago · 508 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 238 days ago · 561 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 233 days ago · 542 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 232 days ago · 597 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 232 days ago · 601 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 231 days ago · 611 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 225 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.7243 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 224 days ago · 378 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 220 days ago · 508 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 220 days ago · 567 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 503 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 561 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.3268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 539 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3294 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 211 days ago · 570 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.7259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 209 days ago · 552 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 209 days ago · 529 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 204 days ago · 518 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 202 days ago · 541 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.2293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 202 days ago · 543 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 263 days ago · 520 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 263 days ago · 526 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 274 days ago · 559 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 274 days ago · 526 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 279 days ago · 563 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 279 days ago · 600 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 281 days ago · 609 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 281 days ago · 540 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 281 days ago · 628 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 281 days ago · 515 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 282 days ago · 503 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 284 days ago · 554 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 289 days ago · 467 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s68a. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:02 PM UTC.