M4.5 earthquake 40 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 40 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Feb 8, 2007, 9:57 PM GMT-11 (08:57 UTC), 156 km (97 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 56 km NE 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
- 2007-02-09 08:57:57 UTC
- Depth
- 155.9 km (96.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.259° S, 174.008° 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 usp000f4jb. 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.194 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7163 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.632 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7147 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1Tonga · 7145 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.856 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7136 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.689 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 7121 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 4.739 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7187 days ago · 138 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.391 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7187 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.966 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7194 days ago · 92 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.553 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7200 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.738 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 7200 days ago · 77 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f4jb. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.