M5.2 earthquake 64 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 64 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Jul 26, 2006, 4:05 PM GMT+13 (03:05 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-07-26 03:05:50 UTC
- Depth
- 40.4 km (25.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.795° S, 173.394° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.18 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
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 usp000epkt. 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 201°, dip 34°, rake 84°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 28°, dip 56°, rake 94°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 70
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.066 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7376 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.663 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7374 days ago · 50 km deep · 2 km away
- 5.277 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7370 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.273 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7370 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2Tonga · 7368 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4102 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7347 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.786 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7339 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.740 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 7338 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3100 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 7337 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.7128 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7330 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.435 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 7317 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000epkt (also filed as gcmtc200607260305a, gcmt20060726030550, iscgem8567640). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:58 AM UTC.