M4.1 earthquake 294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 5:37 PM GMT+13 (04:37 UTC), 561 km (348 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-02-28 04:37:35 UTC
- Depth
- 560.8 km (348.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.070° S, 177.871° 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 16.1 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- 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 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 217 days ago · 539 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3294 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 210 days ago · 570 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.7259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 208 days ago · 552 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 208 days ago · 529 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 203 days ago · 518 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 201 days ago · 541 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 200 days ago · 543 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 199 days ago · 572 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 199 days ago · 553 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 198 days ago · 498 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 197 days ago · 575 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 196 days ago · 515 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 193 days ago · 571 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 192 days ago · 617 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 187 days ago · 546 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5291 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 186 days ago · 520 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.7289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 186 days ago · 548 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6247 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 185 days ago · 544 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 179 days ago · 534 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 177 days ago · 531 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.0272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 172 days ago · 550 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 171 days ago · 546 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.0281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 170 days ago · 509 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 162 days ago · 550 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 159 days ago · 533 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 503 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 567 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 508 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.7243 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 222 days ago · 378 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 224 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 230 days ago · 611 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 231 days ago · 601 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 231 days ago · 597 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 231 days ago · 542 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 236 days ago · 561 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 243 days ago · 508 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 245 days ago · 533 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 245 days ago · 660 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 247 days ago · 533 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sfvw. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC.