Tonga earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Oct 24, 2007, 12:00 PM GMT+13 (23:00 UTC), 463 km (288 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-10-23 23:00:19 UTC
Depth
462.7 km (287.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.021° S, 177.687° 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 usp000fr4p. 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
76°
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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7201 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6918 days ago · 237 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.9284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6917 days ago · 444 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6914 days ago · 560 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 6910 days ago · 542 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6910 days ago · 500 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 6907 days ago · 553 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 3.7Fiji region · 6895 days ago · 528 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6895 days ago · 361 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 6891 days ago · 524 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 6890 days ago · 510 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 5.3Fiji region · 6886 days ago · 562 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 4.5Fiji region · 6879 days ago · 499 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6873 days ago · 544 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 6872 days ago · 524 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 4.3273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6869 days ago · 526 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 4.1Fiji region · 6865 days ago · 406 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 4.6293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6927 days ago · 519 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 6930 days ago · 494 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 6930 days ago · 528 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.4225 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6935 days ago · 301 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 5.7232 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6935 days ago · 338 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.8Fiji region · 6937 days ago · 343 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.8288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6940 days ago · 351 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 4.4275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6941 days ago · 531 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 4.1225 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6943 days ago · 482 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.6Fiji region · 6944 days ago · 524 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 5.0Fiji region · 6945 days ago · 548 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 4.8287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6949 days ago · 535 km deep · 44 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fr4p. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.