Tonga earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 107 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 107 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Jul 23, 2008, 8:53 PM GMT-11 (07:53 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-07-24 07:53:52 UTC
Depth
45.0 km (28.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.539° S, 172.894° 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 usp000gd1j. 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
124°
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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.693 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6645 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 4.1104 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6644 days ago · 115 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.5118 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6630 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 3.591 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6626 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 4.666 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6623 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 5.7129 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6620 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.592 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6620 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 6.1101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6619 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 5.197 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6618 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 4.374 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6609 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 5.377 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6605 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 4.293 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6600 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 4.088 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6590 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 4.283 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6589 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 4.686 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6589 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away

Before

  1. 4.4100 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6647 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 5.4122 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6647 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.7127 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6648 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 4.747 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6654 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.476 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6654 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.1Tonga · 6667 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gd1j. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:11 AM UTC.