M4.5 earthquake 156 km SSW of Lotofag?, Samoa
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 156 km SSW of Lotofag?, Samoa on Sun, Sep 2, 2007, 2:30 PM GMT-11 (01:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 92 km NE 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
- 2007-09-03 01:30:32 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.230° S, 172.527° W
- Region
- Samoa
- 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 usp000fmaq. 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
- 68°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.665 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6963 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5111 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6959 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.282 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6958 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.492 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6934 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.572 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6932 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.9124 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6922 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fmaq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC.