M3.9 earthquake 63 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 63 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Apr 5, 2008, 5:50 AM GMT-11 (16:50 UTC), 149 km (93 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 132 km W 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
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-04-05 16:50:17 UTC
- Depth
- 148.9 km (92.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.985° S, 174.389° 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 usp000g35k. 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
- 129°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4132 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6737 days ago · 303 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.9128 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6737 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.027 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6735 days ago · 132 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.033 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6725 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.49 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6723 days ago · 98 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.865 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6709 days ago · 119 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.415 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6699 days ago · 82 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 3.958 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6771 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.391 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6772 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.2109 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6772 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.8126 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6774 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.0132 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6777 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.093 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6779 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g35k. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:24 AM UTC.