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M8.0 earthquake, 2006 Tonga Earthquake, 2006-05-03

MagnitudeM8.0mwc

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Depth55 km

Time (UTC)2006-05-03 15:26

Rank in 20062 / 153among M6+

Rank since 190097 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×1,000approx.

2006 Tonga Earthquake · -20.19, -174.12

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.0 2006-05-04	2006-05-04 11:25	11 km	90 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga
M5.5 2006-05-05	2006-05-05 04:19	11 km	71 km SE of Pangai, Tonga
M5.9 2006-05-05	2006-05-05 06:16	35 km	31 km W of Pangai, Tonga
M5.6 2006-05-07	2006-05-07 02:33	41 km	32 km S of Pangai, Tonga
M5.7 2006-05-16	2006-05-16 20:55	15 km	104 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga
M6.0 2006-05-17	2006-05-17 03:06	11 km	99 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga
M5.8 2006-05-17	2006-05-17 21:57	10 km	97 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga
M5.7 2006-05-28	2006-05-28 03:36	49 km	21 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1919 M8.1M8.1

1903 M8.0M8.0

2006 M8.0M8.0

1950 M7.8M7.8

1913 M7.8M7.8

1948 M7.5M7.5

2026 M7.5M7.5

1921 M7.4M7.4

1907 M7.3M7.3

2022 M7.3M7.3

1906 M7.2M7.2

1903 M7.1M7.1

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 2006-03-05	2006-03-05 08:07	206 km	122 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
M6.0 2005-08-06	2005-08-06 09:56	205 km	158 km W of Pangai, Tonga
M6.1 2005-03-19	2005-03-19 15:02	18 km	65 km S of Pangai, Tonga
M6.1 2004-04-24	2004-04-24 07:44	8 km	64 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M6.0 2004-04-14	2004-04-14 01:33	144 km	107 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
M6.2 2004-04-05	2004-04-05 20:34	8 km	81 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga
M6.6 2003-07-27	2003-07-27 02:04	213 km	142 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
M6.0 2003-07-03	2003-07-03 06:21	10 km	44 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M6.0 2003-01-09	2003-01-09 02:50	10 km	199 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
M6.0 2002-09-07	2002-09-07 08:14	210 km	129 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.