M4.4 earthquake 166 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 166 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, Mar 6, 2006, 2:43 AM GMT+13 (13:43 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 215 km SW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-05 13:43:57 UTC
- Depth
- 127.4 km (79.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.060° S, 176.501° 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 usp000ebfs. 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8142 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7504 days ago · 166 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0170 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7495 days ago · 412 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.9215 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7494 days ago · 147 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.7174 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7479 days ago · 300 km deep · 16 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ebfs. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC.