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Tonga

Niuafo'ou.

Volcano profile for Niuafo'ou 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
Shield volcano
Elevation
260 m
Last documented eruption
1946
Coordinates
-15.6°, -175.63°
GVP number
243110

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Tonga

Niuafo'ou

Shield volcano

Elevation
260 m
Last documented eruption
1946
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-15.6°, -175.63°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Northeast Lau Basin Volcano Group
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
243110
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Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Niuafo'ou · Tonga

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
21 Mar 198522 Mar 19850Uncertain eruption
16 Jan 1947Not available—Uncertain eruption
9 Sep 194617 Sep 19462Confirmed eruption
26 Sep 194316 Oct 19432Confirmed eruption
7 Dec 193516 Feb 19362Confirmed eruption
25 Jul 192926 Jul 19292Confirmed eruption
15 Oct 1912Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1887Not available2Uncertain 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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Niuafo'ou · No current eruption report · 260 m

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