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Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 26.31 S°, 179.46 W°
Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 14.31 S°, 167.46 W°
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Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Region Lat/Long
None found for the area chosen.        
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 Jan 28 06:49:28 HST 2015 20.54° 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
17
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.
None 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)
149,854 21,623
Population 2002
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
160,814 12,669
Population 2006
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
164,410 10,970
Population 2007
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
163,205 13,230
Countries
Country
American Samoa
Niue
Tonga
Wallis and Futuna
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
PAGO PAGO INTL Active civil airport 00031 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NSTU 14.33° S / 170.71° 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 258 0.02
Rural 1,861 0.1
Not classified 1,668,280 100
MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest 934 52
Unclassified 616 35
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest 110 6
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic 61 3
Savannas 15 0.9
Croplands 13 0.7
Woody Savannas 11 0.6
Mixed Forests 8 0.5
Open Shrublands 6 0.3
Closed Shrublands 4 0.2
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest 2 0.09
Permanent Wetlands 2 0.09
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest 1 0.05
Elevation (meters)
(land only)
Minimum Maximum Average
1 732 62
Average Temperature (degrees C)
  Jan Feb Mar
low 23.8 24.0 23.8
high 29.3 29.9 29.4
Average Precipitation
  Jan Feb Mar
mm/day 8.1 8.4 9.0
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
PAGO PAGO Mon Mar 18 2013 22:50 87.4F 3.0 NW Scattered clouds 2100 ft. Broken clouds 12000 ft. Overcast 24000 ft. 14.33° S / 170.72° W

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