Volcano profile

Tonga

Lateiki.

Volcano profile for Lateiki in Tonga, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
43 m
Last documented eruption
2019
Coordinates
-19.18°, -174.87°
GVP number
243070

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Tonga

Lateiki

Stratovolcano

Elevation
43 m
Last documented eruption
2019
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-19.18°, -174.87°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Tofua Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
243070
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Lateiki · Tonga

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
13 Oct 201922 Oct 20191Confirmed eruption
6 Jun 199523 Jun 19952Confirmed eruption
24 Jun 1991Not available0Confirmed eruption
10 May 197921 Jul 19792Confirmed eruption
11 Dec 19674 Jan 19682Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1894Uncertain datingNot available2Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1886Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 1878Not available2Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Volcano at a glance

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Lateiki · No current eruption report · 43 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Lifuka Island AirportTonga · HPA · NFTL
    86.5 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC