Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 102 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 102 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Jul 9, 2007, 5:17 AM GMT-11 (16:17 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 89 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-07-09 16:17:31 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.579° S, 172.917° 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 usp000ffvg. 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
124°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.097 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7020 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.482 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7019 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 3.958 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7014 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.7130 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 7002 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.5151 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6998 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 5.289 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6996 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.2109 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6987 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.237 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6971 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 4.5156 km SSW of Lotofag?, Samoa · 6971 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 3.9108 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6971 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 5.7133 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7029 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.197 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7044 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ffvg. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC.