Tonga earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 112 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 112 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jun 17, 2007, 11:16 PM GMT-12 (11:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 49 km W of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-06-18 11:16:38 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.587° S, 174.621° 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 usp000fe9c. 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

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Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
25

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3155 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7044 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.984 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7038 days ago · 123 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.583 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7037 days ago · 122 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 3.8102 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7002 days ago · 418 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 5.149 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6999 days ago · 121 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 3.6104 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6993 days ago · 291 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 4.5119 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7051 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 5.0104 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7051 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 5.169 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7052 days ago · 96 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.0116 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7067 days ago · 132 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 4.2117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7071 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.382 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 7076 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fe9c. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC.