Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 83 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 83 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, May 22, 2006, 11:44 PM GMT+13 (10:44 UTC), 17 km (11 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
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-05-22 10:44:13 UTC
Depth
17.3 km (10.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.550° S, 174.164° 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 usp000ehpc. 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
130°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 142 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.454 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7437 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 5.459 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7436 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 5.2105 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7436 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 4.957 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 4.535 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 5.721 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.645 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7431 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.960 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 5.168 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 5.165 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 5.260 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 4.754 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 4.880 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 5.1104 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 5.280 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 38 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 4.966 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 4.663 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7427 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 4.580 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7425 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 4.7Tonga · 7425 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 4.697 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7425 days ago · 44 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 4.686 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7424 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 4.0Tonga · 7424 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 4.3Tonga · 7422 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 4.941 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7421 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 4.926 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7415 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 4.019 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 4.532 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 4.647 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 4.939 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 4.834 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 4.338 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7407 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 4.222 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7405 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 5.0100 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7403 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 4.696 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7398 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 4.665 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7397 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 5.6Tonga · 7397 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  37. 4.878 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7391 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 4.2113 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7388 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 4.751 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7388 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 4.6104 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7386 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 5.250 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7441 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.867 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7441 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.28 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7442 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.6105 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7442 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 4.8107 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.9Tonga · 7443 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 4.9103 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.797 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 4.957 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 4.814 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 4.735 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.615 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7444 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 4.272 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7444 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.786 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 4.585 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 4.4Tonga · 7445 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 3.6Tonga · 7445 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 5.897 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 4.626 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7445 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 4.868 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ehpc. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC.