Region

Rarotonga

Cook Islands · Oceania

Rarotonga is a region of the Cook Islands, in Oceania. It lies on the Pacific Plate. Records include 6 tsunamis observed on its coasts.

Tectonic Plates

• Pacific Plate

Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts

• 2022Tonga Islands, Tonga · 22.0 m6 deaths
• 2012British Columbia, Canada · 13.0 m1 deaths
• 2006South Kuril Islands, Russia · 21.9 m
• 2001South Peru, Peru · 8.8 m103 deaths
• 1995Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia · 8.0 m
• 1992Nicaragua · 9.9 m170 deaths

• Country Profile · Cook Islands

Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002