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Historic Earthquake
1903 Tonga Earthquake
4 January 1903 · Tonga
On 4 January 1903 at 05:07 UTC, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Tonga, at a depth of 400 km. It occurred on the Tonga Plate, 39 km from its boundary with the Niuafo'ou Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 4 January 1903
- Time
- 05:07 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Depth
- 400 km
- Plate
- Tonga Plate
- Country
- Tonga
- Nearest Volcano
- Tofua (29 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2026Tonga · M 7.5
- 20062006 Tonga Earthquake · M 7.9
- 19971997 Fiji-Tonga Earthquake · M 7.7
- 1950Tonga · M 7.7
- 1948Tonga · M 7.9
- 1937Fiji · M 8.1
- 1913Tonga · M 7.6
- 1902Tonga · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth