Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 80 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 80 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga on Wed, Jun 7, 2006, 4:43 PM GMT+13 (03:43 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-06-07 03:43:37 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.742° S, 174.410° 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 usp000ejvg. 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
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
130°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7Tonga · 7425 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 4.697 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7425 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.686 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7424 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.0Tonga · 7424 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.3Tonga · 7422 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.941 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7421 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.926 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7415 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.019 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.532 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.647 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.939 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.338 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7407 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.222 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7405 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 5.0100 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7403 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.696 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7398 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 5.6Tonga · 7397 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 4.878 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7391 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 4.2113 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7388 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 4.634 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7377 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 4.647 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7377 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 4.663 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7427 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 5.280 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 5.1104 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.880 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 4.467 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 5.260 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 5.165 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 5.168 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.960 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.645 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7431 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 5.721 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 4.957 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 5.2105 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7436 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 5.459 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7436 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 4.454 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7437 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 4.883 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7441 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 5.250 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7441 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 4.867 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7441 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 4.6105 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7442 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 4.9Tonga · 7443 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ejvg. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:58 PM UTC.