M4.0 earthquake 119 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 119 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, Feb 26, 2007, 7:03 AM GMT+13 (18:03 UTC), 349 km (217 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 53 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-02-25 18:03:27 UTC
- Depth
- 349.4 km (217.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.471° S, 176.100° 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 usp000f5mm. 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
- 164°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.7113 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7170 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.558 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7179 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.559 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7179 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.874 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7179 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.1199 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7182 days ago · 266 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8159 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7182 days ago · 182 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f5mm. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC.