M4.6 earthquake 70 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 70 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Fri, Mar 3, 2006, 1:52 PM GMT+13 (00:52 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 142 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-03 00:52:47 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.554° S, 175.736° 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 usp000eb7g. 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 230°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4166 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7518 days ago · 127 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.8142 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7504 days ago · 166 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.788 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7467 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eb7g. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC.