M4.7 earthquake 191 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 191 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Jun 12, 2007, 12:36 PM GMT+13 (23:36 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 214 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-06-11 23:36:42 UTC
- Depth
- 80.9 km (50.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.511° S, 176.925° 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 usp000fdux. 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
- 143°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7035 days ago · 474 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7015 days ago · 510 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.1214 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7006 days ago · 289 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6999 days ago · 462 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0223 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6997 days ago · 411 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1254 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6995 days ago · 500 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.1288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7053 days ago · 500 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7055 days ago · 283 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0142 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7068 days ago · 300 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0164 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7075 days ago · 244 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.7153 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7075 days ago · 247 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fdux. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC.