EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Vavaʻu

734 earthquakes catalogued in and around Vavaʻu between 1902 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
734
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.68
mean magnitude
118
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

014291902: 1 (M5+)19021903: 2 (M5+)1905: 2 (M5+)1907: 1 (M5+)19121919: 1 (M5+)1921: 1 (M5+)1922: 1 (M5+)192219321936: 1 (M5+)19421947: 1 (M5+)1949: 1 (M5+)1950: 1 (M5+)1951: 1 (M5+)19521960: 1 (M5+)19621964: 2 (M4–5)1964: 1 (M5+)1965: 1 (M4–5)1966: 5 (M4–5)1966: 3 (M5+)1967: 4 (M4–5)1968: 2 (M4–5)1969: 2 (M4–5)1969: 1 (M5+)1970: 3 (M4–5)1970: 2 (M5+)1971: 1 (M5+)1972: 7 (M5+)19721973: 1 (M5+)1974: 2 (M4–5)1974: 3 (M5+)1975: 1 (M4–5)1975: 2 (M5+)1976: 3 (M5+)1977: 4 (M4–5)1977: 6 (M5+)1978: 1 (M5+)1979: 2 (M4–5)1979: 5 (M5+)1980: 4 (M4–5)1980: 2 (M5+)1981: 2 (M4–5)1981: 2 (M5+)1982: 2 (M4–5)1982: 5 (M5+)19821983: 3 (M4–5)1983: 6 (M5+)1984: 5 (M4–5)1984: 3 (M5+)1985: 1 (M4–5)1985: 2 (M5+)1986: 4 (M4–5)1986: 6 (M5+)1987: 4 (M4–5)1987: 1 (M5+)1988: 2 (M4–5)1988: 2 (M5+)1989: 1 (M4–5)1989: 6 (M5+)1990: 6 (M5+)1991: 2 (M4–5)1991: 4 (M5+)1992: 4 (M5+)19921993: 2 (M4–5)1993: 3 (M5+)1994: 3 (M4–5)1994: 2 (M5+)1995: 9 (M4–5)1995: 3 (M5+)1996: 15 (M4–5)1996: 3 (M5+)1997: 10 (M4–5)1997: 1 (M5+)1998: 8 (M4–5)1998: 2 (M5+)1999: 1 (M3–4)1999: 10 (M4–5)1999: 2 (M5+)2000: 1 (M3–4)2000: 7 (M4–5)2000: 3 (M5+)2001: 22 (M4–5)2001: 2 (M5+)2002: 14 (M4–5)2002: 3 (M5+)20022003: 18 (M4–5)2003: 4 (M5+)2004: 23 (M4–5)2004: 2 (M5+)2005: 1 (M3–4)2005: 14 (M4–5)2005: 4 (M5+)2006: 1 (M3–4)2006: 16 (M4–5)2006: 7 (M5+)2007: 1 (M3–4)2007: 20 (M4–5)2007: 2 (M5+)2008: 1 (M3–4)2008: 12 (M4–5)2008: 3 (M5+)2009: 1 (M3–4)2009: 23 (M4–5)2009: 3 (M5+)2010: 1 (M3–4)2010: 21 (M4–5)2010: 4 (M5+)2011: 2 (M3–4)2011: 23 (M4–5)2011: 4 (M5+)2012: 15 (M4–5)2012: 4 (M5+)20122013: 13 (M4–5)2013: 3 (M5+)2014: 1 (M3–4)2014: 24 (M4–5)2015: 1 (M3–4)2015: 19 (M4–5)2015: 8 (M5+)2016: 17 (M4–5)2016: 2 (M5+)2017: 12 (M4–5)2017: 1 (M5+)2018: 10 (M4–5)2018: 3 (M5+)2019: 13 (M4–5)2019: 8 (M5+)2020: 9 (M4–5)2020: 1 (M5+)2021: 2 (M3–4)2021: 12 (M4–5)2021: 3 (M5+)2022: 5 (M4–5)2022: 4 (M5+)20222023: 2 (M3–4)2023: 12 (M4–5)2023: 5 (M5+)2024: 9 (M4–5)2024: 5 (M5+)2025: 2 (M3–4)2025: 6 (M4–5)2025: 2 (M5+)2026: 3 (M3–4)2026: 2 (M4–5)2026: 1 (M5+)
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
8.230.04.1919 07:1725 km191 km
8.003.05.2006 15:2640.9 km151 km
7.809.02.1902 07:350 km149 km
7.804.01.1903 05:07400 km164 km
7.524.03.2026 04:37235 km139 km
7.302.01.1907 11:5630 km112 km
7.129.04.1903 03:590 km164 km
7.130.06.1905 17:070 km164 km
7.127.02.1921 18:2315 km133 km
7.022.05.1972 20:45221.9 km133 km
7.014.06.1905 11:300 km164 km
6.902.07.2023 10:27232.2 km114 km
6.906.08.1949 00:3565 km47 km
6.911.03.1989 05:05237.4 km122 km
6.703.05.2006 15:420 km124 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
3.526.06.2026 05:24250.4 km45 km
3.510.06.2026 08:44191.4 km52 km
4.604.04.2026 08:3356 km52 km
4.124.03.2026 21:390 km7 km
7.524.03.2026 04:37235 km139 km
3.606.03.2026 20:25106.6 km27 km
3.719.11.2025 08:50202.5 km54 km
4.514.11.2025 03:360 km40 km
4.124.09.2025 02:570 km20 km
4.711.08.2025 06:5387.5 km46 km
4.813.07.2025 17:5893.3 km62 km
4.107.06.2025 23:300 km9 km
6.414.05.2025 04:15250 km86 km
5.028.01.2025 21:0638.8 km38 km
3.428.01.2025 21:060 km31 km
4.902.01.2025 01:14123.9 km22 km
4.107.12.2024 04:330 km44 km
4.423.11.2024 15:0877.7 km65 km
4.027.10.2024 07:590 km53 km
5.016.10.2024 22:5110 km95 km
4.022.09.2024 01:33126.5 km33 km
4.301.06.2024 19:50147 km57 km
6.626.05.2024 20:47145.8 km101 km
5.015.05.2024 06:46119 km58 km
5.605.04.2024 20:32118.8 km38 km
4.930.03.2024 22:0737.7 km38 km
4.524.02.2024 17:4410.4 km59 km
4.018.02.2024 09:270 km34 km
4.323.01.2024 06:4443 km40 km
6.418.01.2024 22:12217.3 km106 km
6.211.12.2023 06:33250.9 km122 km
4.317.10.2023 09:10130 km38 km
5.022.09.2023 22:13129 km25 km
4.214.09.2023 17:39130 km39 km
4.612.09.2023 17:1767 km42 km
3.212.09.2023 17:1756 km37 km
4.330.08.2023 14:36133 km46 km
4.320.07.2023 22:38130 km57 km
4.313.07.2023 09:250 km50 km
6.902.07.2023 10:27232.2 km114 km
5.328.06.2023 10:54120.4 km91 km
4.220.06.2023 00:18130 km48 km
4.213.06.2023 07:4235 km54 km
4.010.06.2023 23:25420.5 km18 km
6.027.05.2023 00:11225 km100 km
5.121.04.2023 06:18129.7 km28 km
4.210.04.2023 06:3310 km63 km
4.603.03.2023 04:37205 km65 km
3.923.02.2023 11:4339.1 km42 km
4.226.12.2022 14:55100 km57 km
4.911.10.2022 14:4372 km57 km
4.105.10.2022 15:360 km10 km
4.427.07.2022 16:13100 km17 km
5.527.07.2022 09:3618.7 km45 km
6.304.06.2022 13:07240.3 km109 km
5.331.03.2022 05:4550 km78 km
5.002.03.2022 10:1432.3 km83 km
4.127.01.2022 06:470 km13 km
4.101.12.2021 19:410 km43 km
4.029.11.2021 16:4910 km52 km

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.