M4.4 earthquake 57 km N of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 57 km N of Neiafu, Tonga on Mon, Aug 13, 2007, 10:09 PM GMT+13 (09:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 137 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-08-13 09:09:40 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.138° S, 174.071° 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 usp000fjjs. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 171°
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.1137 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6979 days ago · 127 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 5.071 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6968 days ago · 155 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.4129 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6967 days ago · 194 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.082 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 6963 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.739 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6937 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fjjs. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:36 AM UTC.