Tonga earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 91 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 91 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Aug 12, 2008, 10:40 AM GMT-11 (21:40 UTC), 35 km (22 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
3.5 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-08-12 21:40:44 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.701° S, 172.983° 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 usp000geh3. 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
128°
Stations used
9

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 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.666 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6622 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 5.7129 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6619 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.592 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6619 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 6.1101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6619 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 5.197 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6617 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.374 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6608 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 5.377 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6605 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.293 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6600 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.088 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6589 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.283 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6589 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 4.686 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6588 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 4.414 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6582 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 4.194 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6576 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 5.279 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6574 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 5.683 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6567 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 4.5118 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6629 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.1104 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6643 days ago · 115 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.693 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6644 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.2107 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6645 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 4.4100 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6646 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 5.4122 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6646 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 4.7127 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6647 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.747 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6653 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 5.7114 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6653 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 4.476 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6653 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000geh3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC.