Tonga earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 33 km W of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 33 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Jul 17, 2006, 5:11 PM GMT+13 (04:11 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 125 km WNW of Pangai, 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
2006-07-17 04:11:34 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.757° S, 174.667° 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 usp000ens7. 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
101°
Stations used
90

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.1125 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7359 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.846 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7357 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 4.834 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7346 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.660 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 7340 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.959 km NNE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7326 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 4.121 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7387 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.751 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7388 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.665 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7397 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.222 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7405 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.338 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7407 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.8111 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7409 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.834 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7412 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.939 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.647 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 4.532 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.019 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 3.841 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 42 km deep · 12 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ens7. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC.