Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 204 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 204 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, Mar 5, 2006, 7:19 AM GMT+13 (18:19 UTC), 296 km (184 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
2006-03-04 18:19:31 UTC
Depth
296.4 km (184.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.867° S, 177.159° 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 usp000ebde. 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
168°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1270 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7516 days ago · 508 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.5282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7514 days ago · 568 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7513 days ago · 537 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.8142 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7504 days ago · 166 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.4278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7495 days ago · 500 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 3.9244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7491 days ago · 491 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.1203 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7489 days ago · 450 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7481 days ago · 500 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 4.1203 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7480 days ago · 490 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 4.6296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7473 days ago · 531 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.1246 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7472 days ago · 455 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.9273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7468 days ago · 492 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 3.9256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7465 days ago · 538 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 3.9287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7464 days ago · 500 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7526 days ago · 495 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.4280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7537 days ago · 482 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ebde. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:37 AM UTC.