Tonga earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 64 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 64 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Oct 3, 2007, 10:03 AM GMT-11 (21:03 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 87 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-10-03 21:03:46 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.332° S, 173.334° 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 usp000fptt. 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
67°
Stations used
174

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.572 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6932 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 5.071 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6923 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.3114 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6919 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 5.887 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6910 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.592 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6895 days ago · 100 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 5.6127 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6888 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 5.1107 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6887 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 5.2135 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6887 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.996 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6881 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 4.665 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6963 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fptt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:38 PM UTC.