M4.5 earthquake 119 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 119 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Jun 13, 2007, 10:33 PM GMT-11 (09:33 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 159 km W 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-06-14 09:33:57 UTC
- Depth
- 11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.752° 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 usp000fdzt. 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9112 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7048 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.984 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7040 days ago · 123 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.6186 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7034 days ago · 250 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.4159 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7008 days ago · 313 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.8102 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7003 days ago · 418 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.149 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7000 days ago · 121 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.6104 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6995 days ago · 291 km deep · 16 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fdzt. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.