Tonga earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 264 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 264 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Jan 17, 2006, 6:19 PM GMT+13 (05:19 UTC), 553 km (343 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-01-17 05:19:43 UTC
Depth
552.6 km (343.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.771° S, 177.284° 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 usp000e8br. 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
137°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7565 days ago · 481 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.6280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7562 days ago · 511 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.8252 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7560 days ago · 500 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 7555 days ago · 464 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.2281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7549 days ago · 565 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 7538 days ago · 566 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.4280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7537 days ago · 482 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 4.8Fiji region · 7534 days ago · 536 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 7530 days ago · 560 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 7529 days ago · 551 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 7525 days ago · 550 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 4.5282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7514 days ago · 568 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 4.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7513 days ago · 537 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 4.3273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7569 days ago · 566 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.5299 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7570 days ago · 552 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 7575 days ago · 574 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 7578 days ago · 564 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 7578 days ago · 592 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 7578 days ago · 555 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.4290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7578 days ago · 572 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 544 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7579 days ago · 600 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 4.7Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 583 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 580 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 5.0Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 594 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 5.2Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 587 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 617 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 572 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 4.7Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 530 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 4.0Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 576 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 3.9Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 582 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 676 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 4.4Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 588 km deep · 66 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e8br. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:59 AM UTC.