Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 67 km NW of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 67 km NW of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 6:21 PM GMT+13 (05:21 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 29 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-10-06 05:21:21 UTC
Depth
11.5 km (7.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.376° S, 174.799° 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 usp000eujq. 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
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.625 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7294 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.722 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7287 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.322 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 7286 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.180 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7284 days ago · 261 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.235 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7273 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.430 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 7263 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 5.129 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7261 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 5.09 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7255 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 4.1132 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7250 days ago · 141 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 4.6133 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7248 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 4.517 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7310 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.783 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7314 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.435 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 7317 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.879 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7319 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eujq. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:54 AM UTC.