M4.4 earthquake 35 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 35 km W of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Sep 24, 2006, 12:16 AM GMT+13 (11:16 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 83 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-09-23 11:16:33 UTC
- Depth
- 105.9 km (65.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.615° S, 174.317° 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 usp000etne. 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 201°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.783 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7313 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.467 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7304 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.794 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 7267 days ago · 300 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3110 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7266 days ago · 248 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.016 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 7263 days ago · 193 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.879 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7319 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.192 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7332 days ago · 132 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.684 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 7338 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.791 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 7338 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.740 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 7338 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000etne. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:24 AM UTC.