Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 39 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 39 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Dec 26, 2006, 10:17 PM GMT-11 (09:17 UTC), 142 km (88 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 66 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-12-27 09:17:12 UTC
Depth
141.6 km (88.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
16.290° S, 173.908° 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 usp000f145. 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
60°
Stations used
117

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.147 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7213 days ago · 174 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.766 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7211 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.466 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7209 days ago · 81 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.871 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 7206 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.738 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 77 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.553 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.966 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7195 days ago · 92 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.391 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7189 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.739 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7189 days ago · 138 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 4.540 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7177 days ago · 156 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 4.194 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7164 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 4.264 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7232 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 4.1Tonga · 7239 days ago · 133 km deep · 27 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f145. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:04 PM UTC.