Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, Sep 17, 2007, 7:10 AM GMT+13 (18:10 UTC), 452 km (281 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 232 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-09-16 18:10:45 UTC
Depth
451.7 km (280.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.668° S, 177.647° 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 usp000fnfd. 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
132°
Stations used
36

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.6200 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6953 days ago · 411 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.8287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6947 days ago · 535 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.7Fiji region · 6947 days ago · 494 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 6942 days ago · 524 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 4.1225 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6941 days ago · 482 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.0281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6940 days ago · 351 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.4275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6939 days ago · 531 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 4.8288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6937 days ago · 351 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 5.7232 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6933 days ago · 338 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 4.4225 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6933 days ago · 301 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 4.6Fiji region · 6927 days ago · 494 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 4.6293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6925 days ago · 519 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 4.6Fiji region · 6921 days ago · 457 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 4.2286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6918 days ago · 463 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 4.9284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6915 days ago · 444 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6912 days ago · 560 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 4.1Fiji region · 6908 days ago · 542 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6908 days ago · 500 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 4.0Fiji region · 6905 days ago · 553 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 4.5288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6903 days ago · 415 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 6959 days ago · 547 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 6964 days ago · 540 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6966 days ago · 509 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 4.1275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6976 days ago · 302 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 6978 days ago · 608 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 6978 days ago · 569 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.2292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6979 days ago · 499 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 5.7294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6979 days ago · 554 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 3.9Fiji region · 6984 days ago · 545 km deep · 90 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fnfd. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:04 PM UTC.