M5.2 earthquake 277 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 277 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Fri, Mar 2, 2007, 10:06 PM GMT+13 (09:06 UTC), 383 km (238 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-03-02 09:06:33 UTC
- Depth
- 383.1 km (238.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.610° S, 177.845° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.23 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
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 usp000f5xt. 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 232°, dip 23°, rake -45°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 5°, dip 74°, rake -106°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 149
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7153 days ago · 463 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4207 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7124 days ago · 286 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2285 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7122 days ago · 299 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7109 days ago · 631 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7108 days ago · 518 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f5xt (also filed as gcmtb200703020906a, gcmt20070302090633, iscgem11688926). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:26 AM UTC.