M5.7 earthquake 223 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 223 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Aug 27, 2007, 6:11 AM GMT-11 (17:11 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-08-27 17:11:59 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.311° S, 172.249° 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 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.73 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.7 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
| 5.36 | Me, energy | Choy, USGS energy magnitude | Reviewed |
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 usp000fku3. 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
- Normal
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 3°, dip 42°, rake -117°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 217°, dip 53°, rake -68°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 28°
- Stations used
- 410
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Samoa Islands region · 6978 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5176 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6977 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4197 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6961 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.7160 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 6941 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.9184 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6932 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4195 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6928 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fku3 (also filed as choy20070827171159, gcmtc200708271712a, gcmt20070827171159, iscgem12814294). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC.