Tonga earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Tonga region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Tonga region on Sun, Feb 12, 2006, 1:15 AM GMT+13 (12:15 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 175 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-02-11 12:15:14 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
22.850° S, 175.328° 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 usp000e9xr. 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
205°, 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 1.6 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8200 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga · 7536 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.8183 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7527 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 5.2174 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.6153 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7519 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.7124 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7513 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.8240 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7505 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.4172 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7504 days ago · 35 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 4.6153 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7498 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 5.3175 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7494 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 5.0159 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7494 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 5.1182 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7494 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 4.9164 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7494 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 4.8173 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7494 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 4.4142 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7494 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 4.7236 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7494 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 4.5145 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7493 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 4.9148 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7490 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 4.8187 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7488 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.8156 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7488 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 4.9191 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7488 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 4.9161 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7485 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 4.7163 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7481 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e9xr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC.