M4.7 earthquake 118 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 118 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Dec 31, 2007, 10:22 PM GMT-11 (09:22 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 92 km E of Hihifo, 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
- 2008-01-01 09:22:17 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.847° S, 172.699° 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 usp000fvs8. 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
- 89°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.676 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6850 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.992 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6839 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.8102 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6839 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.292 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6838 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.786 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6838 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.9112 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6813 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
Before
- 3.862 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6852 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4106 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6859 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.694 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6862 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.574 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6863 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 6.2147 km SSW of Lotofag?, Samoa · 6869 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fvs8. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC.