Tonga earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 203 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 203 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, Apr 3, 2006, 6:44 PM GMT+13 (05:44 UTC), 450 km (280 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
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-04-03 05:44:26 UTC
Depth
450.0 km (279.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.590° S, 177.079° 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 usp000edkc. 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
273°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7480 days ago · 500 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.1203 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7479 days ago · 490 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.4262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7474 days ago · 550 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.6296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7472 days ago · 531 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.1246 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7471 days ago · 455 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.9273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7467 days ago · 492 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 3.9256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7464 days ago · 538 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 3.9287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7463 days ago · 500 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7461 days ago · 546 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.6299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7458 days ago · 537 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 460 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 4.3275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 607 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 4.7271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7437 days ago · 405 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7436 days ago · 464 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 4.3199 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7433 days ago · 309 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 4.1260 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7431 days ago · 600 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 3.9244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7490 days ago · 491 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.4278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7494 days ago · 500 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7503 days ago · 633 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7512 days ago · 537 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 4.5282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7514 days ago · 568 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.1270 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7516 days ago · 508 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.4204 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7518 days ago · 296 km deep · 32 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000edkc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC.