M3.6 earthquake 186 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 186 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Jul 2, 2007, 5:10 AM GMT-12 (17:10 UTC), 250 km (155 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
- 3.6 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-07-02 17:10:37 UTC
- Depth
- 250.0 km (155.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.093° S, 175.290° 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 usp000ffa8. 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 180°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1169 km SSE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna · 7009 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.4159 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7008 days ago · 313 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.6104 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6994 days ago · 291 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ffa8. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:31 AM UTC.