TONGA  [ Back to Seismic Damage Index ]   [ Back to Country Index ]
Year Month Day Time LAT Long Dep M Tsunami Dead Casualty Damage Remarks
1902 2 9 735U -20.00 -174.00 s 7.8 　 - - 　 Tonga(overestimated M) 6.9S
1903 1 4 507U -20.00 -175.00 400 8.0 　 - - 　 Tonga(overestimated M)
1907 1 2 1256U -21.10 -175.10 s 7.3 　 - - some Tonga(possibly the same as 1157U Ms=7.4)
1913 6 26 457U -20.00 -174.00 - 7.7 　 - - 　 Tonga 7.7S
1917 6 26 549U -15.50 -173.00 s 8.7 T - - some Tonga/Samoa 8.4S
1918 8 18 2352U -20.50 -178.50 - 7.2 　 - - 　 Tonga(overestimated M?)
1919 1 1 259U -19.50 -176.50 180 8.3 　 - - 　 Tonga 7.7B
1919 4 30 717U -19.00 -172.50 s 8.4 T - - 　 Tonga 8.2S
1937 4 16 301U -21.50 -177.00 400 8.1 　 - - 　 Tonga 7.5B
1948 9 8 1509U -21.00 -174.00 25 7.9 T - - 　 Tonga 7.8S
1949 8 6 035U -18.50 -174.50 70 7.5 　 - - 　 Tonga 7.2B
1950 9 23 - -17.50 -177.50 - 7.0 　 - - 　 Tonga
1956 1 10 - -20.00 -175.00 - 7.7 　 - - 　 Tonga(overestimated M) 6.9S
1975 10 11 1435U -24.89 -175.12 9 7.8 　 - - 　 Tonga 7.7S
1975 12 26 1556U -16.26 -172.47 33 7.8 T - - 　 Tonga(I=5) 7.5S
1977 6 22 1208U -22.88 -175.90 65 7.2 T 0 - seve Tonga normal fault type 7.4S 7.7B 8.0W

(CR) Comments
1982 12 19 1743U -24.13 -175.86 33 7.7 T 0 - 　 Tonga 7.5W
1995 4 7 2206U -15.20 -173.53 21 8.0 t 0 0 　 Tonga H=9 7.4W
2006 5 3 1526U -20.19 -174.12 55 7.8 t 0 1 insi Tonga:Nuku`alofa 7.9W
2009 3 19 1817U -23.04 -174.66 31 7.6 t 0 0 　 Tonga 7.6W
2009 9 29 1748U -15.49 -172.1 18 8.1 T 192 - cons Samoa/American Samoa/Tonga:Niuatoputapu 8.1W

References of the above table