Tonga earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 180 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 180 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Thu, Jul 13, 2006, 3:05 PM GMT+13 (02:05 UTC), 244 km (151 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 107 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-07-13 02:05:14 UTC
Depth
243.7 km (151.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.677° S, 176.870° 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 usp000eng8. 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
152°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2134 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7378 days ago · 173 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 6.1107 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7354 days ago · 154 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.1262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7348 days ago · 544 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.6217 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7345 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 4.5269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7391 days ago · 449 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.0219 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7391 days ago · 415 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 5.4118 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7397 days ago · 207 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 5.0145 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7399 days ago · 121 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.4269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7402 days ago · 599 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 5.4110 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7407 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.9248 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7414 days ago · 492 km deep · 69 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eng8. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:20 PM UTC.