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°08′S 174°35′W / 23.13°S 174.58°W / -23.13; -174.58	7.6 M_w	VII			Tsunami
2006-05-04		19°58′S 174°16′W / 19.97°S 174.27°W / -19.97; -174.27	8.0 M_w	VII		1	Tsunami
1977-06-22		22°53′S 175°54′W / 22.88°S 175.9°W / -22.88; -175.9	7.2 M_s	IV	1		$1.2 million in damage / tsunami	NGDC
1919-04-30		18°21′S 172°31′W / 18.35°S 172.52°W / -18.35; -172.52	8.1 M_w				Limited damage / tsunami	NGDC
1865-11-18		19°30′S 173°30′W / 19.5°S 173.5°W / -19.5; -173.5	8.0 M_s				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.

References

Sources

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

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