M4.2 earthquake 117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, May 25, 2007, 1:00 AM GMT-12 (13:00 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-05-25 13:00:11 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.050° S, 174.891° 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 usp000fcqg. 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
- 185°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3136 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7067 days ago · 243 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.169 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7053 days ago · 96 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.0104 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7051 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5119 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7051 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.9112 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7047 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.984 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7038 days ago · 123 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fcqg. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC.