M4.3 earthquake 91 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 91 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jan 28, 2007, 5:21 PM GMT-12 (05:21 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 39 km WNW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-01-29 05:21:05 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.702° S, 174.169° 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 usp000f3vd. 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
- 156°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.739 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7188 days ago · 138 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.540 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7177 days ago · 156 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 4.966 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7194 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.553 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.738 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2165 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 154 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.466 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7209 days ago · 81 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.147 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7213 days ago · 174 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.2133 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7215 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6124 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7216 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f3vd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:39 PM UTC.