Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 65 km W of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 65 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Sep 26, 2006, 10:02 AM GMT-11 (21:02 UTC), 133 km (83 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 33 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-09-26 21:02:00 UTC
Depth
133.2 km (82.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
16.038° S, 174.406° 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 usp000etvy. 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
147°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.5128 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7299 days ago · 193 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 5.033 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7293 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.3106 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7288 days ago · 135 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.458 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7286 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.2144 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7274 days ago · 298 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 5.0154 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7273 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.735 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7271 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 4.467 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 7260 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 4.1142 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7323 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.8146 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7325 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.735 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 7335 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.687 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7335 days ago · 143 km deep · 36 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000etvy. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC.