M4.5 earthquake 238 km WSW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 238 km WSW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, Jan 6, 2026, 7:07 AM GMT+13 (18:07 UTC), 249 km (155 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 189 km SW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-05 18:07:36 UTC
- Depth
- 248.7 km (154.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.248° S, 177.302° 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 15.8 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4170 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 271 days ago · 133 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4177 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 271 days ago · 256 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 245 days ago · 387 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8280 km W of Houma, Tonga · 243 days ago · 388 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6160 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 242 days ago · 116 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 228 days ago · 377 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.3189 km SW of Houma, Tonga · 224 days ago · 194 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 212 days ago · 379 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rmkw. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC.