M4.4 earthquake 148 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 148 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, May 15, 2006, 9:28 AM GMT+13 (20:28 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 126 km W 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
- 2006-05-14 20:28:39 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.547° S, 175.742° 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 usp000eh4n. 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Tonga · 7435 days ago · 130 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.2126 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 7433 days ago · 155 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5193 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.8111 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7410 days ago · 117 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4111 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7409 days ago · 188 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5129 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7396 days ago · 146 km deep · 66 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eh4n. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC.