M4.2 earthquake 281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Jul 10, 2007, 1:12 AM GMT+13 (12:12 UTC), 500 km (311 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-07-09 12:12:52 UTC
- Depth
- 500.0 km (310.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.756° S, 177.890° 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 usp000ffur. 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7016 days ago · 510 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7011 days ago · 417 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 7008 days ago · 567 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7007 days ago · 580 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.1214 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7007 days ago · 289 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6999 days ago · 462 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6999 days ago · 301 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0223 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6998 days ago · 411 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1254 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6995 days ago · 500 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6989 days ago · 545 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6988 days ago · 556 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 6984 days ago · 545 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.7294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6980 days ago · 554 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6980 days ago · 499 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6978 days ago · 569 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6978 days ago · 608 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6977 days ago · 302 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.6Fiji region · 6975 days ago · 600 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6966 days ago · 509 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 7026 days ago · 562 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7026 days ago · 569 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7029 days ago · 557 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7029 days ago · 506 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7034 days ago · 499 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7035 days ago · 474 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7039 days ago · 500 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7043 days ago · 603 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7048 days ago · 515 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.3280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7052 days ago · 509 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.1288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7053 days ago · 500 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7054 days ago · 507 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ffur. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:20 AM UTC.