M4.1 earthquake 80 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 80 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Oct 27, 2006, 7:00 AM GMT+13 (18:00 UTC), 261 km (162 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-10-26 18:00:40 UTC
- Depth
- 261.2 km (162.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.787° S, 175.121° 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 usp000ew3b. 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
- 169°
- Stations used
- 11
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.235 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7273 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.129 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7261 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.09 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7254 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1132 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7250 days ago · 141 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6133 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7248 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1112 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7247 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.7159 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7240 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.554 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7233 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2116 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7231 days ago · 188 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.457 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7229 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 4.722 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7287 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.625 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 7294 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.467 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7304 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.517 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7310 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.783 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7313 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ew3b. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:41 AM UTC.