M5.7 earthquake 133 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 133 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jul 6, 2007, 6:40 AM GMT-11 (17:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (Mwb, body-wave moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-07-06 17:40:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.418° S, 172.644° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | Mwb, body-wave moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.37 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.4 | 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 usp000ffm2. 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 256°, dip 46°, rake -155°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 148°, dip 72°, rake -47°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 27°
- Stations used
- 254
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5102 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7026 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2166 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7004 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7130 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 7002 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5151 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6998 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2109 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6986 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5207 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6984 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6Samoa Islands region · 6976 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5176 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6976 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9108 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6970 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ffm2 (also filed as gcmtc200707061740a, gcmt20070706174049, iscgem12763589). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC.