List of earthquakes in Tonga

This is a list of earthquakes in Tonga:

Earthquakes

Date Region Coords Mag. MMI Deaths Injuries Comments
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
1919-04-30 18.35°S 172.52°W / -18.35; -172.52 8.1 Mw Limited damage / tsunami NGDC
1865-11-18 19.5°S 173.5°W / -19.5; -173.5 8.0 Ms Limited damage / tsunami NGDC
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.
gollark: So, `yes` and `maybe`?
gollark: We could go for better options though, like `yes`, `certainly` and `absolutely`.
gollark: Yes, a terrible "oversight".
gollark: Okay then. Unfortunately we have no data for that.
gollark: If I just manually vote repeatedly (I did initially) does that count?

References

    Sources

    • NGDC, Significant Earthquake Database, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
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