M5.7 earthquake 114 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 114 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 9:11 PM GMT-11 (08:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-07-16 08:11:04 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.599° S, 172.963° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.67 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.7 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
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 usp000gcae. 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 81°, dip 37°, rake 69°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 287°, dip 56°, rake 105°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 24°
- Stations used
- 360
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.747 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6653 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4100 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6646 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1104 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6643 days ago · 115 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.591 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6625 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.666 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6622 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.858 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6615 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.374 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6608 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2171 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6600 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.058 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6600 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.476 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6653 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3114 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6673 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.761 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6675 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.943 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6680 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.574 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6680 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.593 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6680 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gcae (also filed as gcmtc200807160811a, gcmt20080716081104, iscgem11126444). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:43 AM UTC.