M4.4 earthquake 272 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 272 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 11:17 AM GMT+13 (22:17 UTC), 249 km (155 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 288 km SSW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-03-20 22:17:06 UTC
- Depth
- 248.9 km (154.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.777° S, 177.303° 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 17.7 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 168°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4283 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 191 days ago · 170 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0290 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 182 days ago · 317 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 168 days ago · 366 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.7288 km SSW of Houma, Tonga · 145 days ago · 154 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000shz5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC.