M4.7 earthquake 39 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 39 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jan 28, 2007, 7:03 PM GMT-11 (06:03 UTC), 138 km (86 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 68 km NNE 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-01-29 06:03:14 UTC
- Depth
- 138.3 km (85.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.814° S, 174.134° 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 usp000f3vg. 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- Stations used
- 122
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0109 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7183 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.540 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7177 days ago · 156 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.168 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7167 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.9137 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7152 days ago · 272 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.632 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7148 days ago · 104 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.593 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7146 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Tonga · 7145 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.856 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7137 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.586 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7134 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.384 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 7131 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 4.391 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7188 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.966 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7194 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.553 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7200 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.738 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 7200 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.1105 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.7105 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.367 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.488 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7208 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.466 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7209 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.147 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7213 days ago · 174 km deep · 15 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f3vg. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC.