Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Feb 14, 2006, 11:19 PM GMT+13 (10:19 UTC), 482 km (300 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-02-14 10:19:51 UTC
Depth
482.2 km (299.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.199° S, 177.712° 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 usp000ea21. 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
137°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 7536 days ago · 600 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 4.8Fiji region · 7534 days ago · 536 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 7532 days ago · 583 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 7530 days ago · 560 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 7529 days ago · 551 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 7529 days ago · 600 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.4204 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7519 days ago · 296 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.1270 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7516 days ago · 508 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.5282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7514 days ago · 568 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 4.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7513 days ago · 537 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 7506 days ago · 662 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 4.0Fiji region · 7505 days ago · 555 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7504 days ago · 633 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 7504 days ago · 543 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 7498 days ago · 421 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 4.4278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7495 days ago · 500 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 7494 days ago · 532 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 3.9244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7491 days ago · 491 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 4.1203 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7489 days ago · 450 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7481 days ago · 500 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 7540 days ago · 559 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 7548 days ago · 604 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 4.2281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7549 days ago · 565 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 7551 days ago · 546 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 7555 days ago · 464 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 3.8252 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7561 days ago · 500 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.6280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7562 days ago · 511 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 4.1239 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7564 days ago · 504 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 4.4277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7565 days ago · 481 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 4.6264 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7565 days ago · 553 km deep · 65 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ea21. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.