M5.2 earthquake 133 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 133 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Jan 2, 2007, 4:13 AM GMT-12 (16:13 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-01-02 16:13:47 UTC
- Depth
- 122.4 km (76.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.519° S, 174.421° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.22 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
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 usp000f1jv. 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 267°, dip 41°, rake -35°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 24°, dip 68°, rake -126°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 193
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6171 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7212 days ago · 231 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3111 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7204 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.9165 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7202 days ago · 208 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2165 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 154 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.595 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7189 days ago · 121 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.391 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7188 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2123 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7183 days ago · 175 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4121 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7176 days ago · 85 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.8152 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7157 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f1jv (also filed as gcmtc200701021613a, gcmt20070102161347, iscgem10377801). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.