Tonga earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 66 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 66 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Jun 4, 2006, 9:38 PM GMT+13 (08:38 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-06-04 08:38:47 UTC
Depth
51.3 km (31.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.062° S, 173.778° 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 usp000ejp4. 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
52°
Stations used
98

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.663 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7427 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.7Tonga · 7425 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.697 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7425 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.686 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7424 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 4.0Tonga · 7424 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 4.3Tonga · 7422 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.926 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7415 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.019 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.532 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.647 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.939 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 4.834 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 4.338 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7407 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 4.222 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7405 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 5.0100 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7403 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 4.696 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7398 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 4.665 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7397 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 5.6Tonga · 7397 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 4.2113 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7388 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 4.751 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7388 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 4.121 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7387 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 4.6104 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7386 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 4.933 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7385 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 4.8146 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7376 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 5.277 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7370 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 5.280 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 5.1104 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.266 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 165 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.193 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.754 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 4.5163 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 5.260 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 5.168 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 4.960 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 4.7104 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7431 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 5.721 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 4.535 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 4.957 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 5.2105 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7436 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 4.9156 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7440 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 4.883 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7441 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 4.28 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7442 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 4.6105 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7442 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 4.8107 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7443 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 4.9Tonga · 7443 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ejp4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC.