Tonga earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 94 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 94 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Dec 4, 2007, 1:15 AM GMT-11 (12:15 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 94 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-12-04 12:15:37 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.212° S, 173.363° 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 usp000ftu7. 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
130°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.574 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6863 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.694 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6862 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 4.4106 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6859 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.2116 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6856 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 4.676 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6850 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.376 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6840 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 3.8102 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6839 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.9120 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6839 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 4.691 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6889 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 3.969 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6889 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 4.5117 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 6906 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ftu7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:22 PM UTC.