M4.3 earthquake 273 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 273 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Mon, Feb 9, 2026, 4:00 PM GMT+13 (03:00 UTC), 358 km (222 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
- 2026-02-09 03:00:08 UTC
- Depth
- 357.7 km (222.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.256° S, 176.960° 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 8.4 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 237 days ago · 561 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 224 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 567 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3294 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 210 days ago · 570 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1267 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 203 days ago · 370 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.2293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 201 days ago · 543 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 199 days ago · 572 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1Fiji region · 193 days ago · 571 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 179 days ago · 568 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s7dl. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:25 PM UTC.