Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 34 km W of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 34 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, May 17, 2006, 4:27 PM GMT+13 (03:27 UTC), 35 km (22 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
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-05-17 03:27:13 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.832° S, 174.686° 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 usp000ehaf. 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
127°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.868 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.626 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 3.6Tonga · 7445 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 3.969 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.4Tonga · 7445 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.786 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.736 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7444 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 4.272 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7444 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.615 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7444 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 4.735 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 4.814 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 4.957 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.28 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7442 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 4.867 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7441 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.883 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7440 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 4.454 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7437 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 4.957 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 4.535 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 5.721 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 49 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 4.686 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7433 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 4.960 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 5.168 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 5.260 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 4.754 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 4.266 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 165 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 5.280 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 4.966 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7427 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 4.663 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7426 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 4.7Tonga · 7424 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 4.0Tonga · 7424 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 4.926 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7415 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  32. 3.841 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 4.019 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 4.532 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 4.647 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 4.939 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 4.834 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7412 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 4.8111 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7409 days ago · 117 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 4.338 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7407 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 4.222 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7405 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 4.751 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7388 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 4.121 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7387 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away

Before

  1. 4.326 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 5.030 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7447 days ago · 46 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.615 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7448 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 5.040 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7449 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.738 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7449 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.976 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.746 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 4.750 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 4.330 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 5.03 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7451 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.160 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7453 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 5.127 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7453 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 4.721 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7454 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 4.9Tonga · 7454 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 5.035 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 4.220 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 5.119 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 4.927 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 4.559 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7455 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 4.521 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7456 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ehaf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC.