Tonga earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 50 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 50 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, May 13, 2006, 7:05 PM GMT+13 (06:05 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 21 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

Nuku‘alofa forecastMore in Tonga

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-05-13 06:05:20 UTC
Depth
12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.616° S, 174.785° 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 usp000eh02. 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
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
124°
Stations used
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.746 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.738 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7449 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 5.040 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7449 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 4.615 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7448 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 5.030 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7447 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 4.326 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 4.434 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.626 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 3.6Tonga · 7445 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 3.969 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 4.4Tonga · 7445 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 4.736 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7444 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 4.615 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7444 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 4.735 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 4.814 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 4.957 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 4.28 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7442 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 4.535 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 5.721 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 4.8Tonga · 7435 days ago · 130 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 4.686 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7433 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 5.2126 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 7432 days ago · 155 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 4.926 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7415 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 3.841 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 4.019 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 4.532 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 4.647 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 4.939 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 4.834 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7412 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 4.8111 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7409 days ago · 117 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 4.338 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7407 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 4.222 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7405 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 4.687 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7403 days ago · 131 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 4.330 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 5.03 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7451 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 5.127 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7453 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.721 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7454 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.9Tonga · 7454 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 5.035 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.220 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 5.119 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.927 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.559 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.521 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7456 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 4.525 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7456 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 4.6Tonga · 7456 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 5.632 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7456 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 4.449 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7456 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 4.534 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7456 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 4.751 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7456 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 5.013 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7456 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 4.727 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7456 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 4.723 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7456 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away

Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eh02. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC.