Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Nov 8, 2006, 3:58 PM GMT+13 (02:58 UTC), 420 km (261 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
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-11-08 02:58:15 UTC
Depth
419.7 km (260.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.152° S, 177.994° 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 usp000ewvb. 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
121°
Stations used
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.3288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7265 days ago · 488 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 5.3Fiji region · 7265 days ago · 621 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 7264 days ago · 573 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.7272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7249 days ago · 492 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.2296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7232 days ago · 580 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.0241 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7232 days ago · 500 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 7231 days ago · 531 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 7225 days ago · 522 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.7Fiji region · 7224 days ago · 581 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 4.6Fiji region · 7217 days ago · 565 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.7266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7210 days ago · 468 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 7269 days ago · 582 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 7287 days ago · 585 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 7292 days ago · 657 km deep · 97 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ewvb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:30 AM UTC.