Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 87 km E of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 87 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Apr 4, 2007, 8:49 AM GMT-11 (19:49 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 72 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-04-04 19:49:08 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.844° S, 172.990° 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 usp000f8pb. 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
138°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.070 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7115 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 5.182 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7110 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.2110 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7095 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.9125 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7090 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.2111 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7086 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.797 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 7085 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 5.272 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7079 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 4.1138 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7064 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 4.467 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 7064 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 4.493 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7125 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 3.976 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7125 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.586 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7134 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.856 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7137 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.2103 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7142 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.7164 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7145 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.1Tonga · 7145 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 4.632 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7147 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f8pb. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC.