M4.3 earthquake 22 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 22 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, Oct 25, 2006, 4:44 AM GMT+13 (15:44 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 29 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-10-24 15:44:08 UTC
- Depth
- 2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.752° S, 174.152° 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 usp000evy1. 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
- 100°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.235 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7273 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.430 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 7263 days ago · 57 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.129 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7261 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.09 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7254 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.161 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7240 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.052 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7240 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.554 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7233 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.457 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7228 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 4.722 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7287 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.625 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7293 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.467 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7304 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.517 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7309 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.783 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7313 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000evy1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:35 PM UTC.