M4.8 earthquake 280 km W of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 280 km W of Houma, Tonga on Wed, Feb 4, 2026, 6:07 PM GMT+13 (05:07 UTC), 388 km (241 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-02-04 05:07:26 UTC
- Depth
- 387.6 km (240.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.666° S, 177.960° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.2Fiji region · 236 days ago · 513 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6283 km W of Houma, Tonga · 236 days ago · 414 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 232 days ago · 494 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 228 days ago · 377 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 220 days ago · 509 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 218 days ago · 551 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 212 days ago · 379 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 198 days ago · 499 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3266 km W of Houma, Tonga · 197 days ago · 416 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 196 days ago · 517 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s6bs. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:48 PM UTC.