M4.4 earthquake 159 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 159 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Apr 14, 2007, 10:36 PM GMT-12 (10:36 UTC), 306 km (190 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 69 km WSW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-04-15 10:36:17 UTC
- Depth
- 305.5 km (189.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.145° S, 175.272° 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 usp000f9sm. 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
- 123°
- Stations used
- 78
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0245 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7110 days ago · 356 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1160 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7110 days ago · 283 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4235 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7076 days ago · 365 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7072 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3136 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7068 days ago · 243 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.169 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7054 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.0104 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7052 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5119 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7052 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f9sm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC.