M4.8 earthquake 77 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 77 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 12:29 AM GMT+13 (11:29 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 120 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-10-18 11:29:56 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.959° S, 174.318° 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 usp000fqtz. 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
- 97°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.339 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 6907 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.1120 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 6896 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.633 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 6894 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.650 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 6888 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.976 km NNE of Kolonga, Tonga · 6888 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.438 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 6883 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fqtz. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC.