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Historic Earthquake
1950 Tonga Earthquake
14 December 1950 · Tonga
On 14 December 1950 at 01:52 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Tonga, at a depth of 200 km. It occurred on the Tonga Plate, 13 km from its boundary with the Niuafo'ou Plate (oceanic transform fault).
- Date
- 14 December 1950
- Time
- 01:52 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 200 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Tonga Plate
- Country
- Tonga
- Nearest Volcano
- Tofua (101 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20182018 Fiji Earthquake · M 8.2
- 20062006 Tonga Earthquake · M 7.9
- 1948Tonga · M 7.9
- 1937Fiji · M 8.1
- 1919Fiji · M 7.8
- 1913Tonga · M 7.6
- 1903Tonga · M 8.0
- 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