M5.0 earthquake 9 km SE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 9 km SE of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Nov 25, 2006, 4:46 AM GMT+13 (15:46 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 61 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
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-11-24 15:46:17 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.876° S, 174.292° 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 usp000eyqk. 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.161 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7241 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.052 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7241 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.554 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7234 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.457 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7229 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.785 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7225 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4Tonga · 7222 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6101 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7221 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eyqk. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:49 PM UTC.