Tonga earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 30 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 30 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, May 16, 2006, 12:35 PM GMT+13 (23:35 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-05-15 23:35:46 UTC
Depth
45.9 km (28.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.913° S, 174.624° 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 usp000eh7d. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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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
79°
Stations used
88

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.326 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 4.434 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.868 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.626 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 3.6Tonga · 7445 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 3.969 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.4Tonga · 7445 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.585 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.786 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.736 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7444 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 4.272 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7444 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 4.615 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7444 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 4.735 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 4.814 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 4.957 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 4.797 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 4.28 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7442 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 4.867 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7441 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 4.883 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7440 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 4.454 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7437 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 4.957 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 4.535 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 5.721 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 49 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 4.686 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7433 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 4.960 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 5.168 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 5.260 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 4.754 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 4.266 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 165 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 5.280 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 4.966 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7427 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 4.663 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7426 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 4.580 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7425 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 4.7Tonga · 7424 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 4.697 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7424 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 4.686 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7424 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 4.0Tonga · 7424 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 4.3Tonga · 7422 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 4.926 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7415 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 3.841 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
  41. 4.019 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  42. 4.532 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 4.647 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 4.939 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 4.834 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7412 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 4.8111 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7409 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 4.338 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7407 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 4.222 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7405 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 4.665 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7397 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 5.6Tonga · 7397 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 4.751 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7388 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 4.615 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7448 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.696 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7448 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 5.040 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7449 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.738 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7449 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 4.976 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7449 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.746 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 4.750 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 4.330 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 4.785 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 5.03 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7451 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 4.767 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7452 days ago · 108 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 4.160 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7453 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 5.127 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7453 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 4.721 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7454 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 4.9Tonga · 7454 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 5.035 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 4.5Tonga · 7455 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 4.220 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 5.119 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 4.927 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eh7d. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:54 PM UTC.