Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 8:01 AM GMT+13 (19:01 UTC), 503 km (313 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2026-02-27 19:01:49 UTC
Depth
503.5 km (312.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.605° S, 177.857° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
34

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 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 561 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 217 days ago · 551 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.3268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 217 days ago · 539 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.7259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 208 days ago · 552 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 208 days ago · 529 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 203 days ago · 518 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 4.2282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 201 days ago · 541 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 199 days ago · 553 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 198 days ago · 498 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 4.8Fiji region · 197 days ago · 575 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.3287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 196 days ago · 515 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.3266 km W of Houma, Tonga · 196 days ago · 416 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 195 days ago · 517 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 187 days ago · 546 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 4.5291 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 186 days ago · 520 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 4.7289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 186 days ago · 548 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 4.6247 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 185 days ago · 544 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 179 days ago · 534 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 4.1Fiji region · 177 days ago · 567 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 4.9Fiji region · 177 days ago · 531 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 4.0272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 172 days ago · 550 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 4.6289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 171 days ago · 546 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 4.0281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 170 days ago · 509 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 4.1Fiji region · 162 days ago · 550 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 4.1266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 159 days ago · 533 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 219 days ago · 509 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.1290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 508 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 4.7243 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 222 days ago · 378 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.3272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 224 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 226 days ago · 585 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.1268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 230 days ago · 611 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 231 days ago · 601 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 231 days ago · 494 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 4.3280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 231 days ago · 542 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 4.6283 km W of Houma, Tonga · 235 days ago · 414 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 6.2Fiji region · 235 days ago · 513 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 238 days ago · 587 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.4295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 243 days ago · 508 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 4.4269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 245 days ago · 533 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 246 days ago · 660 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 4.6Fiji region · 247 days ago · 533 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sfv9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.