M3.8 earthquake 131 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 131 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Oct 16, 2007, 1:49 PM GMT-12 (01:49 UTC), 293 km (182 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 71 km SSW 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
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-10-17 01:49:23 UTC
- Depth
- 293.4 km (182.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.261° S, 174.982° 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 usp000fqra. 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 199°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.071 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6923 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4137 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6915 days ago · 264 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.7120 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6900 days ago · 303 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.5132 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6881 days ago · 300 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fqra. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:12 AM UTC.