Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 72 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 72 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Oct 11, 2007, 2:43 PM GMT-11 (01:43 UTC), 10 km (6 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
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-10-12 01:43:25 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.650° S, 173.195° 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 usp000fqbu. 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
83°
Stations used
37

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9124 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6923 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 5.793 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6911 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 5.2130 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6911 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 5.887 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6911 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.3100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6911 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 3.969 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6890 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.691 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6889 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 5.6127 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6889 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 5.1107 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6888 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.094 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6879 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 5.492 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6935 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.964 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6941 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.580 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6954 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 5.282 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6958 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 4.5111 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6959 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fqbu. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.