M4.4 earthquake 66 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 66 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jan 7, 2007, 11:31 PM GMT-11 (10:31 UTC), 81 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 66 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-01-08 10:31:29 UTC
- Depth
- 81.3 km (50.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.468° S, 174.119° 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 usp000f1z2. 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
- 156°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2165 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 154 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.738 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.553 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7200 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.966 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7194 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.391 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7188 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.739 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7188 days ago · 138 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.540 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7177 days ago · 156 km deep · 26 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f1z2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC.