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Region Selected: Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 26.56 S°, 180 W° Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 14.56 S°, 169.74 W°

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Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Region	Lat/Long
23-May-2013 21:15:58	5.0	-153.5	Tonga	20.59° S / 175.71° W
23-May-2013 21:07:46	6.3	-154.1	Tonga	20.56° S / 175.74° W
23-May-2013 21:07:44	6.5	-144.4	Tonga	20.71° S / 175.33° W
23-May-2013 17:19:04	7.4	-171.4	south of the Fiji Islands	23.02° S / 177.11° W
23-May-2013 17:19:03	7.4	-207.7	south of the Fiji Islands	23.13° S / 176.58° W
22-May-2013 19:21:33	4.6	-594.1	Fiji region	17.8° S / 178.61° W
22-May-2013 03:43:22	4.6	-10.1	Tonga	16.57° S / 173.26° W
19-May-2013 20:38:49	4.8	-341.3	Fiji region	20.78° S / 177.56° W
18-May-2013 05:17:13	4.6	-630.7	Fiji region	17.89° S / 178.63° W
17-May-2013 11:14:41	4.7	-595.5	Fiji region	20.79° S / 178.75° W

Active Tropical Storms (Current and 3-day Forecast Positions)

Name	Advisory Date(UTC)	Wind Speed	Wind Gusts	Heading	Track Speed	Status	Pressure	Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.

Active Volcanoes

Name	Region	Activity	Primary Observatory	More Information	Last Updated	Lat/Long
Tofua	Tonga	Unknown		GVP Site Link	Wed Jul 20 07:56:17 HST 2011	19.75° S / 175.07° W
West Mata	Tonga	Unknown		GVP Site Link	Thu May 21 00:00:00 HST 2009	15.1° S / 173.75° W
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai	Tonga	Unknown		GVP Site Link	Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 HST 2009	20.57° S / 175.38° W
Monowai Seamount	New Zealand	Unknown	New Zealand GeoNet Project	GVP Site Link	Wed Aug 15 08:13:07 HST 2012	25.89° S / 177.19° W

Recent Hotspots (Fire)

Date of First Obs(UTC)	Date of Last Obs(UTC)	Description	Mean Lat.	Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years

Count
19

5 Most Recent Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Sep 29 2009 00:17	8.0	18		0	SAMOA ISLANDS	15.49° S / 172.1° W
Mar 19 2009 00:18	7.6	34		0	TONGA ISLANDS	23.05° S / 174.66° W
Dec 09 2007 00:07	7.8	153		0	KERMADEC ISLANDS	26.0° S / 177.51° W
Sep 28 2006 00:06	6.9	28	4	0	SAMOA ISLANDS	16.59° S / 172.03° W
May 03 2006 00:15	7.9	55	7	0	TONGA ISLANDS	20.19° S / 174.12° W

5 Largest Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Jan 01 1919 00:02	8.3	180		0	FIJI ISLANDS	19.5° S / 176.5° W
Apr 30 1919 00:07	8.3	25		0	TONGA ISLANDS	19.0° S / 172.5° W
Jun 26 1917 00:05	8.3	25		0	SAMOA ISLANDS	15.5° S / 173.0° W
Apr 16 1937 00:03	8.1	400		0	FIJI ISLANDS	21.5° S / 177.0° W
Nov 18 1865 00:00	8.0	0		0	TONGA ISLANDS	19.5° S / 173.5° W

Volcanic Eruptions
Note: Historical eruptions data last updated in year 2000.

Last 100 Years Eruptions

Count
30

5 Most Recent Eruptions

Name	Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Location	Lat / Long
UNNAMED	Jan 08 1999 00:00	1.0	TONGA	21.08° S / 175.02° W
MONOWAI SEAMOUNT	Dec 05 1997 00:00	2.0	KERMADEC IS	25.89° S / 177.19° W
MONOWAI SEAMOUNT	Dec 19 1996 00:00	0.0	KERMADEC IS	25.89° S / 177.19° W
METIS SHOAL	Dec 06 1995 00:00	2.0	TONGA-SW PACIFIC	19.18° S / 174.86° W
MONOWAI SEAMOUNT	Dec 08 1988 00:00	0.0	KERMADEC IS	25.89° S / 177.19° W

Tsunami Runups
Note: For each Tsunami event, there may be many locations of recorded runups of the same date for the chosen area.
To avoid duplicate results, the Regional Reporter tool applies a filter to display only one result per tsunami event.

5 Most Recent Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Deaths	Lat / Long
Feb 27 2010 20:24	TONGA	NUKUALOFA (NUKU'ALOFA)	0.1	0	21.13° S / 175.17° W
Sep 29 2009 18:44	TONGA	NUKUALOFA (NUKU'ALOFA)	0.2	0	21.13° S / 175.17° W
May 03 2006 16:00	TONGA	NUKUALOFA (NUKU'ALOFA)	0.2	0	21.13° S / 175.17° W
Jun 23 2001 11:40	TONGA	NUKUALOFA (NUKU'ALOFA)	0.1	0	21.13° S / 175.17° W
Apr 30 1919 07:53	TONGA	HAAPAI	2.5	0	19.78° S / 174.34° W

5 Largest Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Deaths	Lat / Long
Sep 29 2009 00:00	TONGA	Tafahi 2, Tafahi Island	22.4	0	15.85° S / 173.75° W
Jun 26 1917 00:00	TONGA	HAAPAI	4.2	0	19.78° S / 174.34° W
May 10 1877 00:00	TONGA	TONGA ISLANDS	3.6	0	20.4° S / 174.6° W
Apr 30 1919 07:53	TONGA	HAAPAI	2.5	0	19.78° S / 174.34° W
May 03 2006 16:00	TONGA	NUKUALOFA (NUKU'ALOFA)	0.2	0	21.13° S / 175.17° W

Large Wildfires

(Greater than 40 sq. km.)

Start Date(UTC)	End Date(UTC)	Intensity	Size (sq. km.)	Mean Lat.	Mean Long.
No data found for the area chosen.

Earthquake Intensity Zones

Probable maximum MMI intensity once in 50 years

Maximum Zone
None found for the area chosen.

Storm Intensity Zones

Wind Speed with a 10% chance of occurring within 10 years

Maximum Zone (km/hr)
250+

Demography

Population 2001

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
124,193	21,623

Population 2002

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
125,755	9,453

Population 2006

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
135,574	10,970

Population 2007

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
138,087	13,230

Countries

Country
Fiji
Niue
Tonga

Major Cities

Country	Name	Population	Status	Lat / Long
Niue	Alofi	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	19.02° S / 169.92° W
Tonga	Nuku' alofa	Less than 50,000	National capital	21.13° S / 175.25° W

Infrastructure

Airports

Name	Type	Elevation (Ft.)	Link	Lat / Long
FUA AMOTU INTL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00126	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NFTF	21.24° S / 175.15° W
HAAPAI	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00040	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NFTL	19.78° S / 174.34° W
NIUE INTL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00209	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NIUE	19.08° S / 169.93° W
VAVAU INTL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00236	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NFTV	18.59° S / 173.96° W

Nuclear Power Plants

Name	Country	Number of Reactors	Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Urban	193	0.01
Rural	2,368	0.2
Not classified	1,423,079	100

MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest	1,246	54
Unclassified	783	34
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest	134	6
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic	70	3
Savannas	16	0.7
Croplands	13	0.6
Mixed Forests	11	0.5
Woody Savannas	11	0.5
Open Shrublands	7	0.3
Closed Shrublands	4	0.2
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest	2	0.1
Permanent Wetlands	2	0.1
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest	1	0.03

Elevation (meters)
(land only)

Minimum	Maximum	Average
-3	1,052	114

Average Temperature (degrees C)

	May	Jun	Jul
low	22.7	22.0	20.8
high	27.9	27.1	26.3

Average Precipitation

	May	Jun	Jul
mm/day	4.1	3.0	2.7

Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)

Station Name	Observation Time (UTC)	Temp (F)	Wind Speed (MPH)	Wind Direction	Sky Condition	Lat / Long
ALOFI COOK IS	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	86F	10.0	NNW	Scattered clouds 1800 ft.	19.07° S / 169.92° W

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