Tonga earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Nov 14, 2006, 5:49 AM GMT+13 (16:49 UTC), 527 km (328 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-11-13 16:49:46 UTC
Depth
527.3 km (327.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.754° S, 177.476° 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 usp000exaf. 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
208°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7254 days ago · 550 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.6285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7252 days ago · 545 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7252 days ago · 620 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.7272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7249 days ago · 492 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 7246 days ago · 336 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7244 days ago · 329 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 7242 days ago · 544 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 7241 days ago · 621 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.8271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7238 days ago · 534 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7229 days ago · 526 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 7224 days ago · 589 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 4.3283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7224 days ago · 513 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 4.3201 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7214 days ago · 101 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 4.7266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7209 days ago · 468 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 7207 days ago · 620 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 7203 days ago · 663 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 5.3288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7265 days ago · 488 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 3.7297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7265 days ago · 468 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 7271 days ago · 600 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.0Fiji region · 7272 days ago · 527 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7277 days ago · 304 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 4.3285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7280 days ago · 539 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 7281 days ago · 100 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.1256 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7281 days ago · 567 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 3.7285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7283 days ago · 523 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 7285 days ago · 404 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.5243 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7291 days ago · 548 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 3.9Fiji region · 7292 days ago · 569 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 4.5291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7292 days ago · 539 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000exaf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:41 AM UTC.