Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in Tonga on Fri, Jun 30, 2006, 5:15 AM GMT+13 (16:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 64 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-06-29 16:15:40 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
18.715° S, 173.395° 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 usp000emjs. 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
136°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.569 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 7390 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 5.264 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7376 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 5.066 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7376 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.663 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7374 days ago · 50 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 5.277 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7370 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 5.273 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7370 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 4.2Tonga · 7368 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.4102 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7347 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 4.682 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7408 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 4.671 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7413 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 5.088 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7416 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.266 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 165 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.193 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7429 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.7104 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7431 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000emjs. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.