M4.7 earthquake 259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 11:03 AM GMT+13 (22:03 UTC), 552 km (343 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-03-09 22:03:46 UTC
- Depth
- 552.0 km (343.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.166° S, 177.551° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 209 days ago · 529 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 204 days ago · 518 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 202 days ago · 541 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.2293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 202 days ago · 543 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 200 days ago · 572 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 200 days ago · 553 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 199 days ago · 498 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 197 days ago · 515 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 194 days ago · 571 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 193 days ago · 617 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 188 days ago · 546 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5291 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 187 days ago · 520 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 187 days ago · 548 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.6247 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 186 days ago · 544 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 181 days ago · 534 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 178 days ago · 531 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.0272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 173 days ago · 550 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 172 days ago · 546 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 171 days ago · 509 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 163 days ago · 550 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 160 days ago · 533 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.5293 km W of Houma, Tonga · 156 days ago · 504 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 151 days ago · 478 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 4.3294 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 211 days ago · 570 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 539 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 561 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 503 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 220 days ago · 567 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 220 days ago · 508 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7243 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 223 days ago · 378 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.3272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 225 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 231 days ago · 611 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 232 days ago · 601 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 232 days ago · 597 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 233 days ago · 542 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 238 days ago · 561 km deep · 82 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000s398. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:07 PM UTC.