M5.1 earthquake 69 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 69 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Jun 12, 2007, 12:18 PM GMT-11 (23:18 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-06-12 23:18:28 UTC
- Depth
- 95.8 km (59.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.234° S, 174.376° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.14 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.1 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
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 usp000fdxe. 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 280°, dip 15°, rake -9°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 18°, dip 88°, rake -105°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 45°
- Stations used
- 164
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0104 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7051 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5119 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7051 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.9112 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7047 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.984 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7038 days ago · 123 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.583 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7037 days ago · 122 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.8102 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7002 days ago · 418 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.149 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6999 days ago · 121 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.6104 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6993 days ago · 291 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fdxe (also filed as gcmtc200706122318a, gcmt20070612231828, iscgem12678878). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.