Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 59 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 59 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Tue, Dec 5, 2006, 12:03 PM GMT+13 (23:03 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 50 km E of ‘Ohonua, 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
2006-12-04 23:03:04 UTC
Depth
17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
21.266° S, 174.379° 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 usp000ezhf. 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

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Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.542 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7231 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 5.850 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7231 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.065 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7231 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.649 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7230 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 5.485 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7229 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.785 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7224 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.4Tonga · 7221 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.6101 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7220 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.573 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7217 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 4.2111 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7217 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.551 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7216 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 5.177 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7211 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 4.4108 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7199 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 4.935 km NNW of Kolonga, Tonga · 7196 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 4.464 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7188 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 4.511 km SE of Tatakamotonga, Tonga · 7248 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 6.028 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7248 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.787 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7250 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ezhf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:40 PM UTC.