Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 71 km E of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 71 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Jan 11, 2007, 3:45 AM GMT-11 (14:45 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 68 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-01-11 14:45:10 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.936° S, 173.127° 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 usp000f26p. 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.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
147°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.738 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.553 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.966 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7194 days ago · 92 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 5.168 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7167 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.194 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7164 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.632 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7148 days ago · 104 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 4.766 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7210 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.287 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7215 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.839 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7221 days ago · 142 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.8102 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7226 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.297 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7226 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.7103 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7228 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 4.264 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7232 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f26p. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC.