Country

Tonga

Tonga on the map: 21 Holocene volcanoes and 110 strong earthquakes – with eruptions, elevations and dates.

Holocene volcanoes
21
Confirmed eruptions
70
Continuing eruptions
2
Highest volcano
Kao 1,009 m
Strong earthquakes (catalogue)
110
Strongest
M 8.1 1919
Holocene volcanoes and the strongest earthquakes

Volcanoes

VolcanoTypeElevationEruptionsLast
Tofua continuing Calderas 515 m 11 2026
Lateiki Stratovolcanoes 43 m 10 2019
Home Reef continuing Stratovolcanoes −10 m 8 2026
Niuafo'ou Shield volcanoes 260 m 8 1946
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai Calderas 114 m 7 2022
Fonualei Stratovolcanoes 188 m 6 1957
Fonuafo'ou Stratovolcanoes −17 m 5 1936
Tofua Arc at 20.9°S Stratovolcanoes −296 m 4 2017
Curacoa Complex volcanoes −33 m 2 1979
Late Stratovolcanoes 540 m 2 1854
Tofua Arc at 18.3°S Stratovolcanoes −40 m 2 2019
Tofua Arc at 21.3°S Stratovolcanoes −68 m 2 1932
Kao Stratovolcanoes 1,009 m 1 1847
Tafu-Maka Fissure vents −1,400 m 1 2008
West Mata Fissure vents −1,174 m 1 2009
Dugong Shield volcanoes −1,170 m 0 —
Kermadec Arc at 24.8°S Stratovolcanoes −385 m 0 —
Lobster Shield volcanoes −1,500 m 0 —
Niuatahi Calderas −1,270 m 0 —
Tafahi Stratovolcanoes 546 m 0 —
Tofua Arc at 21.1°S Stratovolcanoes −65 m 0 —

Strongest earthquakes

  1. M 8.1 · Tonga 30 April 1919 · 25 km
  2. M 8.0 · Tonga 4 January 1903 · 400 km
  3. M 8.0 · Tonga 3 May 2006 · 55 km
  4. M 7.8 · 159 km W of Pangai, Tonga 14 December 1950 · 216 km
  5. M 7.8 · south of Tonga 11 October 1975 · 9 km
  6. M 7.8 · 146 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga 26 December 1975 · 33 km
  7. M 7.8 · 192 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga 14 October 1997 · 167 km
  8. M 7.8 · 111 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga 26 June 1913 · 25 km
  9. M 7.7 · 133 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga 1 September 1981 · 25 km
  10. M 7.6 · 199 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga 2 April 1977 · 33 km
  11. M 7.6 · 191 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga 19 March 2009 · 31 km
  12. M 7.6 · 82 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga 10 May 2023 · 210 km
  13. M 7.5 · 110 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga 8 September 1948 · 15 km
  14. M 7.5 · 158 km W of Neiafu, Tonga 24 March 2026 · 234 km
  15. M 7.5 · 262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga 21 May 1962 · 390 km
  16. M 7.4 · 88 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga 7 April 1995 · 21 km
  17. M 7.4 · 292 km SW of Vaini, Tonga 23 May 2013 · 174 km
  18. M 7.4 · 103 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga 27 February 1921 · 15 km
  19. M 7.4 · south of Tonga 18 March 1905 · 15 km
  20. M 7.3 · 85 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga 2 January 1907 · 30 km
  21. M 7.3 · 227 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga 16 April 1937 · 330 km
  22. M 7.3 · 201 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga 6 October 1987 · 16 km
  23. M 7.3 · 205 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga 11 November 2022 · 37 km
  24. M 7.2 · 108 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga 19 December 1906 · 35 km
  25. M 7.2 · 280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga 14 December 1910 · 440 km
  26. M 7.2 · 241 km WNW of Houma, Tonga 21 August 1911 · 230 km
  27. M 7.2 · south of Tonga 10 October 1977 · 33 km
  28. M 7.2 · south of Tonga 19 December 1982 · 33 km
  29. M 7.2 · 19 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga 15 October 1984 · 128 km
  30. M 7.2 · 157 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga 30 October 1986 · 188 km
  31. M 7.2 · 117 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga 8 January 2000 · 183 km
  32. M 7.2 · 274 km SW of Houma, Tonga 15 June 2023 · 179 km
  33. M 7.1 · Tonga 29 April 1903
  34. M 7.1 · 166 km E of Neiafu, Tonga 8 October 1988 · 35 km
  35. M 7.1 · 112 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga 14 April 1957 · 20 km
  36. M 7.1 · 146 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga 22 May 1972 · 224 km
  37. M 7.0 · 254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga 20 April 1910 · 350 km
  38. M 7.0 · 206 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga 17 June 1978 · 33 km
  39. M 7.0 · 144 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga 9 June 1991 · 266 km
  40. M 7.0 · 61 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga 30 March 2025 · 29 km
  41. M 7.0 · south of Tonga 10 January 1956 · 35 km
  42. M 7.0 · 122 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga 12 November 1946 · 15 km
  43. M 6.9 · 15 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga 27 February 1905 · 35 km
  44. M 6.9 · 127 km S of Hihifo, Tonga 8 May 1913 · 170 km
  45. M 6.9 · 127 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga 11 March 1989 · 230 km
  46. M 6.9 · 139 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga 23 June 1990 · 181 km
  47. M 6.9 · 201 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga 28 September 2006 · 28 km
  48. M 6.9 · 130 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga 19 October 2008 · 29 km
  49. M 6.9 · 132 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga 2 July 2023 · 229 km
  50. M 6.9 · 75 km W of Pangai, Tonga 25 August 2024 · 96 km
  51. M 6.9 · 65 km SW of Neiafu, Tonga 6 August 1949 · 65 km
  52. M 6.9 · 171 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga 18 June 1923 · 15 km
  53. M 6.8 · 100 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga 20 December 1914 · 35 km
  54. M 6.8 · south of Tonga 19 April 1905 · 15 km
  55. M 6.8 · Tonga region 22 June 1977 · 65 km
  56. M 6.8 · 74 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga 21 December 1990 · 13 km
  57. M 6.8 · 131 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga 27 December 1998 · 144 km
  58. M 6.8 · 132 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga 13 April 1999 · 164 km
  59. M 6.8 · 104 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga 24 November 2009 · 18 km
  60. M 6.8 · 97 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga 4 November 2017 · 10 km

Showing the 60 strongest of 110. All of them are on the main map.