Volcano profile

Tonga

West Mata.

Volcano profile for West Mata 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
Fissure vent
Elevation
-1,174 m
Last documented eruption
2009
Coordinates
-15.1°, -173.75°
GVP number
243130

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Tonga

West Mata

Fissure vent

Elevation
-1,174 m
Last documented eruption
2009
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-15.1°, -173.75°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Northeast Lau Basin Volcano Group
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
243130
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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West Mata · Tonga

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
16 Nov 200816 May 20090Confirmed 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.

  • No recorded events in this selection.
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Volcano at a glance

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West Mata · No current eruption report · -1,174 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Kuini Lavenia AirportTonga · NTT · NFTP
    97.7 kmStraight-line distance

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

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Active volcanoes

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC