Tonga earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 155 km W of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 155 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Nov 19, 2007, 4:35 PM GMT+13 (03:35 UTC), 325 km (202 mi) below the surface.

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

Nuku‘alofa forecastMore in Tonga

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-11-19 03:35:17 UTC
Depth
324.7 km (201.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.824° S, 175.835° 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 usp000fsvu. 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
88°
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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7115 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6884 days ago · 152 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 5.0144 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6883 days ago · 176 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 5.297 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6869 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 5.1175 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 6867 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 4.265 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6863 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.987 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6851 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 4.3112 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6840 days ago · 234 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.5175 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 6836 days ago · 207 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.6161 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 6835 days ago · 144 km deep · 8 km away

Before

  1. 5.1128 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6909 days ago · 135 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.9154 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6910 days ago · 180 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 4.7201 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6917 days ago · 237 km deep · 97 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fsvu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:26 PM UTC.