Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 201 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 201 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, Jan 1, 2007, 11:31 AM GMT+13 (22:31 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 199 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

Nuku‘alofa forecastMore in Tonga

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-12-31 22:31:34 UTC
Depth
100.8 km (62.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.264° S, 176.900° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000f1fe. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
95°
Stations used
14

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 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7209 days ago · 468 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.2251 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7202 days ago · 496 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.4257 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7200 days ago · 482 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.0270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7189 days ago · 504 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.8159 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7181 days ago · 182 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 5.1199 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7181 days ago · 266 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.1183 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7175 days ago · 225 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.0119 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7158 days ago · 349 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.2131 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7215 days ago · 223 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.3283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7224 days ago · 513 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7229 days ago · 526 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.0241 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7231 days ago · 500 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.8271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7237 days ago · 534 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7244 days ago · 329 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f1fe. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:15 PM UTC.