Tonga earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 144 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 144 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga on Thu, Nov 29, 2007, 1:32 PM GMT+13 (00:32 UTC), 176 km (109 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 97 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-11-29 00:32:08 UTC
Depth
175.7 km (109.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.946° S, 175.769° 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 usp000ftgf. 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
62°
Stations used
63

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.665 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 6870 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 5.297 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6869 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 5.1175 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 6867 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 4.265 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6863 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.987 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6851 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.3112 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6841 days ago · 234 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.5175 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 6837 days ago · 207 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.6161 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 6835 days ago · 144 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.9229 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 6830 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 5.181 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6828 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 4.7115 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6884 days ago · 152 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 3.9155 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 6893 days ago · 325 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 5.1128 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6909 days ago · 135 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 4.9154 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6910 days ago · 180 km deep · 11 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ftgf. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC.