M4.7 earthquake 93 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 93 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, May 9, 2007, 12:26 PM GMT+13 (23:26 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 33 km SSW 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-05-08 23:26:20 UTC
- Depth
- 51.9 km (32.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.847° S, 175.249° 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 usp000fbjf. 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
- 100°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7139 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7083 days ago · 144 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2171 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7069 days ago · 186 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.633 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7068 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 4.526 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7067 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5124 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7066 days ago · 122 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6179 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7063 days ago · 173 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.316 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7044 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fbjf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:59 AM UTC.