Tonga earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 203 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 203 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Apr 12, 2006, 9:36 PM GMT+13 (08:36 UTC), 490 km (304 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 293 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
2006-04-12 08:36:23 UTC
Depth
489.8 km (304.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.022° S, 177.171° 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 usp000ee9d. 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

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Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
158°
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 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7472 days ago · 531 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.1246 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7471 days ago · 455 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 3.9256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7464 days ago · 538 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.9287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7463 days ago · 500 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 460 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.3275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 607 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 7439 days ago · 595 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.7271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7437 days ago · 405 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7436 days ago · 464 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.3199 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7433 days ago · 309 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 3.8286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 386 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.6279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7427 days ago · 355 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 3.8203 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7425 days ago · 210 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 5.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7422 days ago · 557 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 4.1203 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7488 days ago · 450 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 3.9244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7490 days ago · 491 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.8142 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7503 days ago · 166 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ee9d. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC.