M3.6 earthquake 104 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 104 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Aug 10, 2007, 3:57 PM GMT-11 (02:57 UTC), 291 km (181 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 177 km NW 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
- 2007-08-11 02:57:33 UTC
- Depth
- 291.2 km (180.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.808° S, 174.756° 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 usp000fjct. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 14
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.8126 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6977 days ago · 174 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2106 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6974 days ago · 205 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.9144 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6971 days ago · 235 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6126 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6956 days ago · 258 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.3177 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6943 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.192 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6938 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.1174 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6938 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fjct. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:39 AM UTC.