M4.1 earthquake Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in Tonga on Sat, Dec 9, 2006, 3:06 AM GMT-11 (14:06 UTC), 133 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 66 km SSE of Hihifo, 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
- 2006-12-09 14:06:08 UTC
- Depth
- 133.1 km (82.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.168° S, 174.126° 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 usp000ezvz. 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
- 124°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.264 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7232 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.839 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7221 days ago · 142 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.147 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7213 days ago · 174 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.466 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7209 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.367 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7202 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.738 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.553 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7201 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.966 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 7195 days ago · 92 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.391 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7189 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.739 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 7189 days ago · 138 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ezvz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:41 PM UTC.