M4.3 earthquake 278 km WSW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 278 km WSW of Houma, Tonga on Sun, Jul 26, 2026, 1:02 PM GMT+13 (00:02 UTC), 388 km (241 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-07-26 00:02:17 UTC
- Depth
- 387.6 km (240.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.721° S, 177.921° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 57 days ago · 468 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 37 days ago · 532 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3255 km W of Houma, Tonga · 34 days ago · 391 km deep · 47 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000t3dt. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.