Tonga earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 225 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 225 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, Sep 30, 2007, 11:58 PM GMT+13 (10:58 UTC), 482 km (299 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
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-09-30 10:58:37 UTC
Depth
481.6 km (299.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.529° S, 177.276° 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 usp000fphw. 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
145°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6940 days ago · 351 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.4275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6939 days ago · 531 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.8288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6937 days ago · 351 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 5.7232 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6933 days ago · 338 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 4.4225 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6933 days ago · 301 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 6927 days ago · 494 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 4.6293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6925 days ago · 519 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.2286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6918 days ago · 463 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 4.7201 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6916 days ago · 237 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.9284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6915 days ago · 444 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6912 days ago · 560 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 6908 days ago · 542 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6908 days ago · 500 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6893 days ago · 361 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 6888 days ago · 510 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 6941 days ago · 524 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.8287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6947 days ago · 535 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 3.6200 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6953 days ago · 411 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 4.0286 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6954 days ago · 355 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.4258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6955 days ago · 452 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 6959 days ago · 547 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6966 days ago · 509 km deep · 79 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fphw. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:02 PM UTC.