Tonga earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Nov 11, 2006, 8:54 AM GMT+13 (19:54 UTC), 468 km (291 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
3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-11-10 19:54:06 UTC
Depth
467.6 km (290.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.105° S, 177.844° 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 usp000ex41. 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.

Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
154°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.3288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7267 days ago · 488 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 7265 days ago · 573 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.0292 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 7264 days ago · 599 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.1282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7264 days ago · 527 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 7257 days ago · 673 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 4.6283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7255 days ago · 550 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 4.6285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7253 days ago · 545 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7253 days ago · 620 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 4.7272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7250 days ago · 492 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7246 days ago · 329 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 7242 days ago · 621 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 4.8271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7239 days ago · 534 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 4.2296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7233 days ago · 580 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 4.0241 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7233 days ago · 500 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 4.5Fiji region · 7232 days ago · 531 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7230 days ago · 526 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 4.6Fiji region · 7226 days ago · 522 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 4.4Fiji region · 7226 days ago · 589 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 4.3283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7225 days ago · 513 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 4.7266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7211 days ago · 468 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 4.4Fiji region · 7208 days ago · 620 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 7272 days ago · 600 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 7273 days ago · 527 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7278 days ago · 304 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 4.3285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7281 days ago · 539 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 4.1256 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7283 days ago · 567 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.7285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7285 days ago · 523 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 7286 days ago · 404 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 3.9Fiji region · 7293 days ago · 569 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.5291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7293 days ago · 539 km deep · 13 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ex41. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC.