Tonga earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 12:02 PM GMT+13 (23:02 UTC), 519 km (322 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2026-08-27 23:02:58 UTC
Depth
519.0 km (322.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.413° S, 177.717° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
48°
Stations used
74

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 6 since this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.0Fiji region · 32 days ago · 536 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 23 days ago · 502 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.1256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 15 days ago · 423 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.5280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 13 days ago · 513 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.7Fiji region · 5 days ago · 573 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.3248 km W of Houma, Tonga · 32 hr ago · 434 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 4.4278 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 40 days ago · 541 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.2280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 45 days ago · 506 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.5280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 45 days ago · 408 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 4.5276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 49 days ago · 543 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 51 days ago · 559 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 62 days ago · 539 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 62 days ago · 532 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 65 days ago · 551 km deep · 71 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000tcgb. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:05 AM UTC.