Tonga earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 239 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 239 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Jan 18, 2006, 12:30 PM GMT+13 (23:30 UTC), 504 km (313 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 280 km WNW of Haveluloto, 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
2006-01-17 23:30:30 UTC
Depth
504.0 km (313.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.953° S, 177.509° 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 usp000e8cv. 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
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
167°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7561 days ago · 511 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 7556 days ago · 545 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.2269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7550 days ago · 432 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 7548 days ago · 604 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 7539 days ago · 559 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.4280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7536 days ago · 482 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 7536 days ago · 600 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 7529 days ago · 551 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 7528 days ago · 600 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7525 days ago · 495 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 4.4243 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7523 days ago · 500 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 4.4204 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7518 days ago · 296 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 4.1270 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7516 days ago · 508 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 4.5282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7514 days ago · 568 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7512 days ago · 537 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 4.0Fiji region · 7504 days ago · 555 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 4.4277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7564 days ago · 481 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.3273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7568 days ago · 566 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.0187 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7569 days ago · 349 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7570 days ago · 582 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.8Fiji region · 7570 days ago · 521 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 3.7202 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7578 days ago · 204 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.7Fiji region · 7578 days ago · 583 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 701 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 4.9261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7584 days ago · 486 km deep · 66 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e8cv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:17 PM UTC.