M4.6 earthquake 47 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 47 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Jul 12, 2006, 6:51 PM GMT-11 (05:51 UTC), 159 km (99 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-07-13 05:51:31 UTC
- Depth
- 158.8 km (98.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.794° S, 174.208° 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 usp000engs. 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 132
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0109 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7386 days ago · 258 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.126 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7379 days ago · 133 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.845 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 7375 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.294 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7369 days ago · 187 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.286 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 7360 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4100 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 7359 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.450 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7344 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.687 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7335 days ago · 143 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.735 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 7335 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.575 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7391 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1139 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7392 days ago · 246 km deep · 93 km away
- 6.081 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7395 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 4.972 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7398 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.991 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7399 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.993 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7405 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1144 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7408 days ago · 235 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.775 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7415 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000engs. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:21 AM UTC.