M4.7 earthquake Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in Tonga on Sun, Jun 3, 2007, 5:17 PM GMT+13 (04:17 UTC), 197 km (122 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 91 km NW of Neiafu, 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
- 2007-06-03 04:17:39 UTC
- Depth
- 197.1 km (122.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.389° S, 175.179° 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 usp000fd93. 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
- 77°
- Stations used
- 71
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2103 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7053 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.891 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7029 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1149 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7026 days ago · 216 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.6176 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 7007 days ago · 216 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fd93. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC.