M4.5 earthquake 92 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 92 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Nov 17, 2007, 2:33 PM GMT-12 (02:33 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 142 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-11-18 02:33:57 UTC
- Depth
- 99.6 km (61.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.737° S, 174.092° 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 usp000fstn. 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
- 54°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.996 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6881 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.1142 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6861 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.7144 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6861 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.862 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6853 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.6152 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6845 days ago · 143 km deep · 68 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fstn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC.