M4.1 earthquake 144 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 144 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jun 23, 2006, 9:57 PM GMT-11 (08:57 UTC), 235 km (146 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 94 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-06-24 08:57:52 UTC
- Depth
- 235.2 km (146.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.200° S, 174.899° 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 usp000em4u. 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
- 113°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.991 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7399 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.972 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7398 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1139 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7392 days ago · 246 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.647 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7389 days ago · 159 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.0109 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7386 days ago · 258 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.294 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7369 days ago · 187 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 3.9152 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7417 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.6154 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7417 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.2166 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7417 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.2160 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7419 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2116 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7421 days ago · 285 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000em4u. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:30 PM UTC.