What the records say
- When
- 3 May 2006
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Where
- Tonga
- Coordinates
- 20.19° S, 174.12° W
- Injuries
- 1
- Intensity mmi
- 7
- Depth km
- 55
2006 Tonga earthquake
Earthquake in Tonga
The 2006 Tonga earthquake occurred on 4 May at 04:26:35 local time with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII. One injury occurred and a non-destructive tsunami was observed.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A tsunami warning was issued for Fiji and New Zealand following a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Tonga which occurred at 15:26 UTC (04:26 May 4, local time)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page