Tonga earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 200 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 200 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Mar 26, 2007, 8:04 PM GMT-12 (08:04 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.4 (Mw, moment), moderate
Magnitude from
ISC-GEM global catalog
Local time
UTC
2007-03-27 08:04:47 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.558° S, 175.626° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4159 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7112 days ago · 306 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.0245 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7110 days ago · 356 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.1160 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7110 days ago · 283 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.9Fiji region · 7104 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.1223 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 7097 days ago · 343 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.4235 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7076 days ago · 365 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.2117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7072 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 5.4202 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7131 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.9137 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7152 days ago · 272 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem11706468. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC.