List of earthquakes in Tonga

This is a list of earthquakes in Tonga:

Earthquakes

Date	Region	Coords	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Comments
2025-07-25			6.6
2025-03-30	Lifuka		7.0 Mw	IV	0	0		[1]
2013-05-23	Vaini	23°00′32″S177°13′55″W / 23.009°S 177.232°W / -23.009; -177.232	7.4 Mw	VI				[2]
2011-07-07	new Zealand,Tonga		7.7				tsunami
2009-03-19		23°08′S174°35′W / 23.13°S 174.58°W / -23.13; -174.58	7.6 Mw	VII			Tsunami
2006-05-04		19°58′S174°16′W / 19.97°S 174.27°W / -19.97; -174.27	8.0 Mw	VII		1	Tsunami
1977-06-22		22°53′S175°54′W / 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°21′S172°31′W / 18.35°S 172.52°W / -18.35; -172.52	8.1 Mw				Limited damage / tsunami	NGDC 1972
1865-11-18		19°30′S173°30′W / 19.5°S 173.5°W / -19.5; -173.5	8.0 Ms				Limited damage / tsunami	NGDC 1972
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References

1. "Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes Tonga islands, no damage yet reported".
2. "M 7.4 – 292 km SW of Vaini, Tonga". United States Geological Survey.

Sources

• NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K, archived from the original on September 29, 2006