Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 107 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 107 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, May 20, 2006, 9:12 PM GMT+13 (08:12 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-05-20 08:12:32 UTC
Depth
17.1 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.164° S, 173.397° 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 usp000ehjf. 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
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
106°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6105 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7442 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.883 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7440 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.9156 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7440 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.957 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.535 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.7104 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7431 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.960 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 5.168 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 5.260 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.5163 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 4.754 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 4.193 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 4.266 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 165 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 4.966 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7427 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 4.663 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7426 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 4.697 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7424 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 4.686 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7424 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 4.0Tonga · 7424 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 4.939 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 4.834 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7412 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 4.338 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7407 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 4.222 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7405 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 5.0100 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7403 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 4.696 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7398 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 4.665 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7397 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 5.6Tonga · 7397 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 4.2113 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7388 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 4.751 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7388 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 4.6104 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7386 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away

Before

  1. 4.9Tonga · 7443 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.797 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.814 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.615 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7444 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.272 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7444 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.786 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.585 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.4Tonga · 7445 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 5.897 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.868 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 6.099 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 4.4132 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 4.4105 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 4.981 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7447 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 4.738 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7449 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 4.976 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 4.746 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 4.6100 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7451 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 4.767 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7452 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 4.160 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7453 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ehjf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC.