Tonga earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 107 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 107 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Nov 25, 2007, 9:28 AM GMT-11 (20:28 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 55 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-11-25 20:28:25 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.333° S, 172.869° 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 usp000ft9r. 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
65°
Stations used
138

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.2135 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6887 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.996 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6881 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.574 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6863 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.694 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6862 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.862 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6853 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.7118 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6851 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.992 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6840 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 3.8102 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6840 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 5.292 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6839 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 4.786 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6838 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 5.355 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6830 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 5.6127 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6888 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 5.887 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6911 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ft9r. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:59 AM UTC.