Tonga earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 104 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 104 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Sun, Jun 4, 2006, 2:26 AM GMT+13 (13:26 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-06-03 13:26:51 UTC
Depth
12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.891° S, 174.060° 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 usp000ejm2. 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
Oblique reverse
Nodal plane 1
Strike 350°, dip 16°, rake 50°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 211°, dip 78°, rake 100°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
149°
Stations used
55

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.280 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 4.966 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.663 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7427 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.580 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7425 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.7Tonga · 7425 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.697 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7425 days ago · 44 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 4.686 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7424 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 4.0Tonga · 7424 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 4.3Tonga · 7422 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 4.941 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7421 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.532 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 4.647 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 4.939 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 4.338 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7407 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 5.0100 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7403 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 4.696 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7398 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 5.6Tonga · 7397 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 4.878 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7391 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 4.2113 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7388 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 4.6104 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7386 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 4.634 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7377 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 4.647 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7377 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 4.8146 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7376 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 4.880 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.467 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 5.260 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 5.165 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 5.168 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.960 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.645 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7431 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 4.957 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 5.2105 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7436 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 5.459 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7436 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 4.454 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7437 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 4.883 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7441 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 5.250 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7441 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 4.867 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7441 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 4.6105 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7442 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 4.9Tonga · 7443 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 4.9103 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 4.797 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 4.957 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 4.272 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7444 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ejm2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:05 PM UTC.