M3.5 earthquake 132 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 132 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Dec 1, 2007, 3:55 PM GMT-12 (03:55 UTC), 300 km (187 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 201 km WNW 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
- 3.5 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-12-02 03:55:19 UTC
- Depth
- 300.4 km (186.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 15.639° S, 174.992° 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 usp000ftq0. 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
- 145°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3143 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6854 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.361 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6854 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2107 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6848 days ago · 259 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.5124 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6833 days ago · 268 km deep · 8 km away
- 6.0182 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6830 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 6.1201 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6830 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7202 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6830 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.273 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6825 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ftq0. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:44 AM UTC.