Tonga earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Oct 27, 2007, 3:48 PM GMT+13 (02:48 UTC), 444 km (276 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-10-27 02:48:13 UTC
Depth
444.0 km (275.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.163° S, 177.738° 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 usp000frbq. 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
83°
Stations used
68

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6915 days ago · 560 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 6911 days ago · 542 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6911 days ago · 500 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 4.0Fiji region · 6908 days ago · 553 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 3.7Fiji region · 6896 days ago · 528 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6896 days ago · 361 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 6892 days ago · 524 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 6891 days ago · 510 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 5.3Fiji region · 6886 days ago · 562 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 6880 days ago · 499 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6874 days ago · 544 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 6873 days ago · 524 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.3273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6870 days ago · 526 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 6866 days ago · 406 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 4.0296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6859 days ago · 600 km deep · 13 km away

Before

  1. 4.2286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6921 days ago · 463 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 4.6293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6928 days ago · 519 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 6930 days ago · 494 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.4225 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6936 days ago · 301 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 5.7232 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6936 days ago · 338 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.8Fiji region · 6938 days ago · 343 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 4.8288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6940 days ago · 351 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 4.4275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6942 days ago · 531 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 4.1225 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6944 days ago · 482 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 4.6Fiji region · 6945 days ago · 524 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 5.0Fiji region · 6946 days ago · 548 km deep · 60 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000frbq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:38 PM UTC.