Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 39 km W of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 39 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, May 2, 2007, 12:22 PM GMT-11 (23:22 UTC), 88 km (54 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
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-05-02 23:22:24 UTC
Depth
87.6 km (54.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
15.910° S, 174.164° 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 usp000fb41. 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.

Station coverage gap
131°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.272 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7078 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.382 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 7077 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.2117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7071 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.644 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7059 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 5.169 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7053 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 5.0104 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7051 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.5119 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7051 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.9112 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7047 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.984 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7038 days ago · 123 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 4.583 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7038 days ago · 122 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 5.070 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7114 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fb41. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC.