Latest quakes near Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano since 2022 - list, stats and map

Updated: Apr 26, 2024 01:27 GMT - refresh

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There were no significant confirmed earthquakes near Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in the past 7 days.

Since 2022, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano has had 66 quakes of magnitudes up to 5.8:

3 quakes above magnitude 5
61 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
2 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

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Latest: Mag. 4.3 Earthquake 71 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga -

Strongest: Mag. 5.8 Earthquake 68 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga -

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Showing all recent or significant quakes since 2022, magnitude 0 or higher, within up to 30 km (19 mi) distance (66 quakes):

Latest quakes near Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano since 2022 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Distance	Location	Details
May 14, 2023 08:22 pm (GMT +13)	4.3 76 km	24 km (15 mi) to the E	71 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga	Info
Monday, November 7, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 8, 2022 02:28 am (GMT +13)	4.3 131 km	29 km (18 mi) to the E	Tonga	Info
Friday, April 15, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 15, 2022 05:47 pm (Tongatapu)	4.9 10 km	14 km (8.8 mi) to the S	51 Km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga	Info
Sunday, March 20, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 20, 2022 02:06 pm (GMT +13)	4.8 10 km	28 km (18 mi) to the SE	South Pacific Ocean, 41 km north of Nukalofa, Tongatapu, Tonga	Info
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 16, 2022 10:28 pm (GMT +13)	5.0 10 km	22 km (14 mi) to the S	47 Km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga	Info
Saturday, February 12, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 13, 2022 12:22 pm (Tongatapu)	4.9 10 km	13 km (8.1 mi) to the SW	Tonga	Info
Friday, February 11, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 11, 2022 07:20 pm (GMT +13)	4.5 10 km	29 km (18 mi) to the S	42 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga	Info
Thursday, February 10, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 11, 2022 05:16 am (Tongatapu)	4.9 10 km	15 km (9.5 mi) to the SW	56 Km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga	Info
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 9, 2022 08:21 pm (GMT +13)	4.9 10 km	24 km (15 mi) to the SW	54 Km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga	Info
Monday, February 7, 2022 GMT (2 quakes)
Feb 8, 2022 07:06 am (Tongatapu)	4.6 10 km	4.9 km (3 mi) to the SW	Tonga	Info
Feb 8, 2022 02:05 am (Tongatapu)	4.7 10 km	19 km (12 mi) to the S	48 Km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 8.5 x 10¹³ joules (23.7 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 20429 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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The apparent increase in the number of quakes is not because global seismic activity has increased, but because the number of seismic networks around the world and their sensitivity to detect smaller quakes has been constantly increasing.
This is most evident if one looks at the number of smaller earthquakes (below magnitude 5). For larger quakes (magnitude 5 or more), the effect disappears after around the 1990s. Since then, the global coverage of earthquake of larger quakes has been nearly complete.

Average number of earthquakes

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 11.1 quakes on average per year near Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano:

Mag. 5 or higher: 0.34 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 3 years)
Mag. 4 or higher: 10.5 quakes per year
Mag. 3 or higher: 10.5 quakes per year
Mag. 2 or higher: 10.5 quakes per year

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