M4.1 earthquake 288 km NW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 288 km NW of Houma, Tonga on Thu, Jul 9, 2026, 5:56 AM GMT+13 (16:56 UTC), 347 km (216 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-07-08 16:56:59 UTC
- Depth
- 346.9 km (215.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.329° S, 177.250° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 17.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 229°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 85 days ago · 556 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 64 days ago · 577 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 62 days ago · 574 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.5280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 46 days ago · 408 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4278 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 40 days ago · 541 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 30 days ago · 616 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 30 days ago · 609 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 90 days ago · 540 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 94 days ago · 412 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 101 days ago · 570 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6291 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 107 days ago · 554 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 110 days ago · 555 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4297 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 113 days ago · 548 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 115 days ago · 568 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000t0q9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC.