List of earthquakes in Tonga

This is a list of earthquakes in Tonga:

Earthquakes
Date Region Coords Mag. MMI Deaths Injuries Comments
2013-05-23 Vaini 23.009°S 177.232°W / -23.009; -177.232 7.4 Mw  VI [1]
2009-03-19 23.13°S 174.58°W / -23.13; -174.58 7.6 Mw VII Tsunami
2006-05-04 19.97°S 174.27°W / -19.97; -174.27 8.0 Mw VII 1 Tsunami
1977-06-22 22.88°S 175.9°W / -22.88; -175.9 7.2 Ms IV 1 $1.2 million in damage / tsunami NGDC 1972
1919-04-30 18.35°S 172.52°W / -18.35; -172.52 8.1 Mw Limited damage / tsunami NGDC 1972
1865-11-18 19.5°S 173.5°W / -19.5; -173.5 8.0 Ms Limited damage / tsunami NGDC 1972
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

References
  1. "M 7.4 - 292 km SW of Vaini, Tonga". earthquake.usgs.gov.

Sources

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