Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, Jul 7, 2026, 7:08 PM GMT+13 (06:08 UTC), 514 km (319 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2026-07-07 06:08:35 UTC
Depth
513.9 km (319.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.501° S, 177.756° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
54°
Stations used
105

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 85 days ago · 556 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 84 days ago · 552 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.3263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 84 days ago · 548 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 84 days ago · 540 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 83 days ago · 552 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 83 days ago · 593 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.1264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 81 days ago · 541 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 5.5Fiji region · 80 days ago · 566 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 78 days ago · 532 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 74 days ago · 593 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.0Fiji region · 74 days ago · 554 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 72 days ago · 501 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 4.4297 km W of Houma, Tonga · 70 days ago · 475 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 65 days ago · 551 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 62 days ago · 532 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 4.0Fiji region · 62 days ago · 539 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 59 days ago · 494 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 56 days ago · 468 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 4.0Fiji region · 52 days ago · 559 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 4.5276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 49 days ago · 543 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 4.5280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 46 days ago · 408 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 4.2280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 45 days ago · 506 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 4.4278 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 40 days ago · 541 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 4.9265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 36 days ago · 519 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 4.3255 km W of Houma, Tonga · 33 days ago · 391 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 5.0Fiji region · 32 days ago · 536 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 91 days ago · 580 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.1219 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 94 days ago · 368 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.2290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 95 days ago · 539 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 4.4262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 95 days ago · 525 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 4.2269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 96 days ago · 352 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 98 days ago · 523 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 105 days ago · 480 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.6291 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 106 days ago · 554 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.0268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 110 days ago · 555 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.4297 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 113 days ago · 548 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.3278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 113 days ago · 515 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 4.7265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 115 days ago · 568 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tal5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:57 AM UTC.