M4.5 earthquake 124 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 124 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga on Tue, May 29, 2007, 1:13 PM GMT+13 (00:13 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 179 km WNW of Pangai, 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
- 2007-05-29 00:13:12 UTC
- Depth
- 121.6 km (75.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.060° S, 175.538° 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 usp000fcye. 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
- 132°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6179 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7064 days ago · 173 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1193 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7050 days ago · 500 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6152 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7027 days ago · 189 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 4.0142 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7069 days ago · 300 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.7139 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7083 days ago · 144 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.793 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7087 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.556 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7089 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.856 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7092 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.8117 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7096 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fcye. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC.