Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 176 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 176 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Aug 27, 2007, 5:28 PM GMT-11 (04:28 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 184 km SE 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
2007-08-28 04:28:22 UTC
Depth
45.0 km (28.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
17.026° S, 172.567° 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 usp000fkvf. 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
157°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9108 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6971 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.4197 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6960 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.7160 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 6941 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.9184 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6931 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 4.4195 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6927 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.3114 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6919 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Samoa Islands region · 6977 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 5.7223 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6977 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.5207 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6985 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 4.2109 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6987 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.2166 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7004 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fkvf. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC.