Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, Oct 15, 2006, 4:21 PM GMT+13 (03:21 UTC), 539 km (335 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-10-15 03:21:43 UTC
Depth
539.0 km (334.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.217° S, 177.830° 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 usp000ev7r. 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
133°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9Fiji region · 7292 days ago · 569 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 7285 days ago · 404 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.7285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7284 days ago · 523 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.1256 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7282 days ago · 567 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 4.3285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7280 days ago · 539 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7278 days ago · 304 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 7272 days ago · 527 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 7272 days ago · 600 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 7270 days ago · 582 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 3.7297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7266 days ago · 468 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 5.3288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7266 days ago · 488 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 7264 days ago · 573 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 4.0292 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 7264 days ago · 599 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 4.1282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7263 days ago · 527 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 4.0Fiji region · 7256 days ago · 673 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.6283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7255 days ago · 550 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 4.6285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7253 days ago · 545 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7252 days ago · 620 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 4.7272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7249 days ago · 492 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7245 days ago · 329 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 4.3Fiji region · 7241 days ago · 621 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 4.8271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7238 days ago · 534 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 3.5287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7299 days ago · 500 km deep · 20 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ev7r. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:46 PM UTC.