Tonga earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Apr 25, 2006, 5:28 AM GMT+13 (16:28 UTC), 492 km (306 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
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-04-24 16:28:59 UTC
Depth
492.4 km (306.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.189° S, 177.630° 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 usp000efeb. 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
126°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7464 days ago · 538 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 3.9287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7463 days ago · 500 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 7463 days ago · 554 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 7461 days ago · 500 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 4.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7461 days ago · 546 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 4.6299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7458 days ago · 537 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 7453 days ago · 571 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.8291 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7449 days ago · 377 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 460 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 4.3275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 607 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 5.1Fiji region · 7446 days ago · 635 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 4.0Fiji region · 7439 days ago · 595 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 4.7271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7437 days ago · 405 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 4.7Fiji region · 7437 days ago · 427 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7436 days ago · 464 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 4.1260 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7431 days ago · 600 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 3.6279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7427 days ago · 355 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 4.1290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7424 days ago · 600 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 4.5Fiji region · 7422 days ago · 557 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 5.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7422 days ago · 557 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 3.9248 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7414 days ago · 492 km deep · 30 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 7468 days ago · 615 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.1246 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7471 days ago · 455 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.6296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7472 days ago · 531 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.2276 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7474 days ago · 555 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 4.4262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7474 days ago · 550 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7480 days ago · 500 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.1203 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7488 days ago · 450 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 3.9244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7490 days ago · 491 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 7494 days ago · 532 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 4.4278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7494 days ago · 500 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000efeb. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.