M4.5 earthquake 53 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 53 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Jan 16, 2007, 1:35 PM GMT-11 (00:35 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 147 km SE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-01-17 00:35:59 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.361° S, 173.528° 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 usp000f2ty. 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
- 142°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.966 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7194 days ago · 92 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.391 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7188 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.739 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7188 days ago · 138 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.540 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7177 days ago · 156 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.194 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7164 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.0147 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7164 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.632 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7148 days ago · 104 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1Tonga · 7146 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 4.738 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 77 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.871 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 7206 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.466 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7209 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.766 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7210 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.147 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7213 days ago · 174 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.839 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7221 days ago · 142 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.8102 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7226 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f2ty. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:24 PM UTC.