M4.9 earthquake 215 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 215 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Mar 29, 2006, 6:42 PM GMT+13 (05:42 UTC), 147 km (92 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 197 km SW of Vaini, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-29 05:42:34 UTC
- Depth
- 147.3 km (91.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.299° S, 176.897° 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 usp000ed6f. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 77
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1south of the Fiji Islands · 7492 days ago · 276 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.7174 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7479 days ago · 300 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2266 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7461 days ago · 311 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.2197 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 7452 days ago · 110 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.7199 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 221 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.8214 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.0170 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7495 days ago · 412 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.9281 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 7498 days ago · 128 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4166 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7518 days ago · 127 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4243 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7523 days ago · 500 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ed6f. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:29 AM UTC.