Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 111 km W of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 111 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Jun 23, 2006, 7:55 AM GMT+13 (18:55 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 192 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

Nuku‘alofa forecastMore in Tonga

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-06-22 18:55:39 UTC
Depth
117.3 km (72.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.807° S, 175.423° 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 usp000em0t. 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.

Station coverage gap
149°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4111 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7408 days ago · 188 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.5129 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7395 days ago · 146 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 5.0151 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7385 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.933 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7385 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.887 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7375 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.7150 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7370 days ago · 233 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 5.1125 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7359 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 5.3192 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7359 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 5.3185 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7359 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 4.019 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 3.841 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.686 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7433 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 4.8Tonga · 7435 days ago · 130 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 5.721 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000em0t. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC.