M4.3 earthquake 268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Mar 1, 2026, 2:53 AM GMT+13 (13:53 UTC), 539 km (335 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-02-28 13:53:30 UTC
- Depth
- 539.4 km (335.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.046° S, 177.582° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- 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: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3294 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 211 days ago · 570 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.7259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 209 days ago · 552 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 209 days ago · 529 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 204 days ago · 518 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 201 days ago · 541 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.2293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 201 days ago · 543 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 200 days ago · 572 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 199 days ago · 553 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 199 days ago · 498 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 197 days ago · 515 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 194 days ago · 571 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 192 days ago · 617 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 188 days ago · 546 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5291 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 187 days ago · 520 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 187 days ago · 548 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6247 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 186 days ago · 544 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 180 days ago · 534 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 178 days ago · 531 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 173 days ago · 550 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 172 days ago · 546 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 171 days ago · 509 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 163 days ago · 550 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 159 days ago · 533 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 561 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 503 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 220 days ago · 567 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 220 days ago · 508 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.7243 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 223 days ago · 378 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 225 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 231 days ago · 611 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 232 days ago · 601 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 232 days ago · 597 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 232 days ago · 542 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 237 days ago · 561 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 244 days ago · 508 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 246 days ago · 533 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 246 days ago · 660 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 248 days ago · 533 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sfw8. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC.