Tonga earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 156 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 156 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Sep 7, 2008, 8:08 AM GMT-12 (20:08 UTC), 226 km (140 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 152 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-09-07 20:08:03 UTC
Depth
225.5 km (140.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
17.349° S, 174.572° 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 usp000ggm2. 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

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Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
141°
Stations used
17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5104 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6601 days ago · 128 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 4.7124 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 6596 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.7159 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6586 days ago · 108 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 4.3138 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6586 days ago · 89 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.0124 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6581 days ago · 114 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 4.696 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6566 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.5142 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6562 days ago · 93 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 4.469 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6557 days ago · 150 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.3149 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6557 days ago · 229 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 5.7152 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6543 days ago · 188 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 4.4165 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6543 days ago · 238 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 3.6Tonga · 6542 days ago · 312 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 4.3201 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6601 days ago · 252 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.4120 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6606 days ago · 170 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.8114 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6624 days ago · 149 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.1100 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6631 days ago · 147 km deep · 75 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ggm2. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:21 AM UTC.