Tonga earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Apr 19, 2006, 7:51 PM GMT+13 (06:51 UTC), 531 km (330 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-04-19 06:51:37 UTC
Depth
531.0 km (329.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.662° S, 178.017° 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 usp000eewt. 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
149°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8Fiji region · 7472 days ago · 600 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.1246 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7471 days ago · 455 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 7468 days ago · 615 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.9273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7467 days ago · 492 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 3.9256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7464 days ago · 538 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 3.9287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7463 days ago · 500 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 7462 days ago · 500 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 4.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7461 days ago · 546 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 7460 days ago · 600 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 7459 days ago · 573 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 4.6299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7458 days ago · 537 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 5.2Fiji region · 7456 days ago · 465 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 7453 days ago · 571 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 7453 days ago · 670 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 7453 days ago · 523 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 460 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 4.3275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 607 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 5.1Fiji region · 7446 days ago · 635 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 4.0Fiji region · 7439 days ago · 595 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 4.7271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7438 days ago · 405 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7436 days ago · 464 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 3.8286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 386 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 6.0Fiji region · 7429 days ago · 592 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 3.6279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7427 days ago · 355 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 4.1290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7424 days ago · 600 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 4.5Fiji region · 7423 days ago · 557 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 5.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7422 days ago · 557 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 4.6295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7415 days ago · 414 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 3.9248 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7414 days ago · 492 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 4.1203 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7479 days ago · 490 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7480 days ago · 500 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.1203 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7489 days ago · 450 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.9244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7490 days ago · 491 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 7494 days ago · 532 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.4278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7495 days ago · 500 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 7499 days ago · 613 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 7501 days ago · 550 km deep · 56 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eewt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:11 PM UTC.