M4.1 earthquake 132 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 132 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, Nov 29, 2006, 5:33 PM GMT+13 (04:33 UTC), 141 km (87 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 159 km WNW 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
- 2006-11-29 04:33:07 UTC
- Depth
- 140.8 km (87.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.522° S, 175.577° 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 usp000ez3w. 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
- 199°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6133 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7248 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1112 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7247 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.7159 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7239 days ago · 100 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2116 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7231 days ago · 188 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.457 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7229 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3114 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7208 days ago · 135 km deep · 23 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ez3w. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:51 AM UTC.