Tonga earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake Tonga

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in Tonga on Wed, Jun 7, 2006, 10:28 PM GMT+13 (09:28 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-06-07 09:28:00 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.611° S, 174.390° 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 usp000ejvy. 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.

Station coverage gap
130°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.697 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7425 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 4.686 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7424 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.0Tonga · 7424 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.3Tonga · 7422 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.941 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7421 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.926 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7415 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.019 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.532 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 4.647 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.939 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.834 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 4.338 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7407 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 4.222 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7405 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 5.0100 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7403 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 4.696 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7398 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 5.6Tonga · 7397 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 4.878 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7391 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 4.2113 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7388 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 4.933 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7385 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 4.634 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7377 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 4.647 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7377 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 4.580 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7425 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 4.663 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7427 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.966 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 5.280 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 5.1104 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.880 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7428 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 4.754 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 5.260 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 5.165 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 5.168 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.960 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7430 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 4.645 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7431 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 5.721 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 4.535 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 4.957 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 7435 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 5.2105 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7436 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 5.459 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7436 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 4.454 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga · 7437 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 4.883 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7441 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 5.250 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 7441 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ejvy. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC.