M4.7 earthquake 266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Jan 6, 2007, 5:42 AM GMT+13 (16:42 UTC), 468 km (291 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2007-01-05 16:42:45 UTC
- Depth
- 467.6 km (290.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.332° S, 177.621° 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 usp000f1s0. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 7207 days ago · 620 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2251 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7202 days ago · 496 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7201 days ago · 665 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5251 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7200 days ago · 391 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4257 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7200 days ago · 482 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.0270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7189 days ago · 504 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7184 days ago · 580 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7179 days ago · 554 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1183 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7175 days ago · 225 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7159 days ago · 499 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7157 days ago · 502 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4272 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7152 days ago · 565 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.7296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7152 days ago · 467 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7151 days ago · 406 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.3201 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7214 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7224 days ago · 513 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7224 days ago · 589 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7225 days ago · 522 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7229 days ago · 526 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7230 days ago · 531 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0241 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7231 days ago · 500 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7232 days ago · 580 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7238 days ago · 534 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f1s0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:47 AM UTC.