M5.8 earthquake 87 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 87 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Nov 2, 2007, 2:30 AM GMT-11 (13:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 147 km SSW of Lotofag?, Samoa. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-11-02 13:30:44 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.593° S, 173.066° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.84 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.8 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
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 usp000frug. 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
- Oblique reverse
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 148°, dip 28°, rake 49°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 12°, dip 69°, rake 109°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 271
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.8 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6910 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.969 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6890 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.691 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6889 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.6127 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6888 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.1107 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6887 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.094 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6879 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 6.2147 km SSW of Lotofag?, Samoa · 6869 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 4.574 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6863 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.694 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6862 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4106 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6859 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2116 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6856 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.862 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6853 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7118 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6851 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 5.2130 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6911 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.793 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6911 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.9124 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6922 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.572 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6932 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.492 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6934 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.964 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6940 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000frug (also filed as gcmtc200711021330a, gcmt20071102133044, iscgem13257925). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:14 AM UTC.