M4.4 earthquake 283 km SW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 283 km SW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Mar 28, 2026, 8:07 AM GMT+13 (19:07 UTC), 170 km (106 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
- 2026-03-27 19:07:46 UTC
- Depth
- 170.1 km (105.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.217° S, 176.946° 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 16.2 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.7288 km SSW of Houma, Tonga · 145 days ago · 154 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 4.7250 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 133 days ago · 203 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sn9a. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:01 PM UTC.