Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 225 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 225 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Oct 9, 2007, 8:07 AM GMT+13 (19:07 UTC), 301 km (187 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 284 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
2007-10-08 19:07:07 UTC
Depth
300.5 km (186.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.591° S, 177.299° 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 usp000fq53. 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
65°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 6931 days ago · 494 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 4.6293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6929 days ago · 519 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.2286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6921 days ago · 463 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.7201 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6919 days ago · 237 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.9284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6918 days ago · 444 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6915 days ago · 560 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 6912 days ago · 542 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6911 days ago · 500 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6896 days ago · 361 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 6892 days ago · 510 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 5.7232 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6937 days ago · 338 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.8288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6941 days ago · 351 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.4275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6943 days ago · 531 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.0281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6944 days ago · 351 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.1225 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6945 days ago · 482 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 6945 days ago · 524 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.8287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6951 days ago · 535 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 3.6200 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6957 days ago · 411 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 4.4258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6959 days ago · 452 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 4.0Fiji region · 6963 days ago · 547 km deep · 91 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fq53. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:29 AM UTC.