Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, Feb 26, 2006, 3:13 AM GMT+13 (14:13 UTC), 495 km (308 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-02-25 14:13:27 UTC
Depth
494.9 km (307.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.321° S, 177.968° 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 usp000eaum. 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
138°
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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4243 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7523 days ago · 500 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.4204 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7518 days ago · 296 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.1270 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7516 days ago · 508 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 7507 days ago · 581 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 7504 days ago · 555 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 7501 days ago · 550 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 7499 days ago · 613 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7480 days ago · 500 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.1203 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7480 days ago · 490 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.6296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7473 days ago · 531 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 4.1246 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7471 days ago · 455 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 7528 days ago · 600 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 7530 days ago · 531 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 7536 days ago · 600 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 7539 days ago · 559 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.2269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7550 days ago · 432 km deep · 25 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eaum. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.