M4.2 earthquake 256 km W of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 256 km W of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Jan 24, 2026, 7:54 AM GMT+13 (18:54 UTC), 420 km (261 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-23 18:54:48 UTC
- Depth
- 420.4 km (261.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.875° S, 177.749° 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 16.9 km horizontally, 11.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 248 days ago · 533 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 246 days ago · 660 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.8280 km W of Houma, Tonga · 242 days ago · 388 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 238 days ago · 587 km deep · 86 km away
- 6.2Fiji region · 236 days ago · 513 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6283 km W of Houma, Tonga · 235 days ago · 414 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 232 days ago · 542 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 232 days ago · 494 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 231 days ago · 611 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 227 days ago · 585 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.7243 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 223 days ago · 378 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 508 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 219 days ago · 509 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 503 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 561 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 218 days ago · 551 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 539 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.7259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 209 days ago · 552 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 209 days ago · 529 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 204 days ago · 518 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 201 days ago · 541 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 199 days ago · 553 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 199 days ago · 498 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 198 days ago · 575 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 197 days ago · 515 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3266 km W of Houma, Tonga · 196 days ago · 416 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 196 days ago · 517 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.1284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 260 days ago · 528 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 262 days ago · 520 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 263 days ago · 526 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 273 days ago · 526 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 275 days ago · 491 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 279 days ago · 600 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 280 days ago · 609 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 280 days ago · 540 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 281 days ago · 591 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 281 days ago · 515 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 281 days ago · 503 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 283 days ago · 554 km deep · 56 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s6zm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC.