M3.8 earthquake 203 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 203 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Jun 6, 2006, 11:43 AM GMT+13 (22:43 UTC), 210 km (131 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-06-05 22:43:23 UTC
- Depth
- 210.1 km (130.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.371° S, 177.160° 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 usp000ejsj. 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
- 160°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7415 days ago · 414 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7404 days ago · 416 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7402 days ago · 599 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.0180 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7388 days ago · 244 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.4281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7382 days ago · 362 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2134 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7378 days ago · 173 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ejsj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC.