Erupción volcánica

Eruption of Fonualei

21 ago 1951 · 18.02° S, 174.32° W

Fonualei is an uninhabited volcanic island in the kingdom of Tonga.

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Cuándo
21 ago 1951
Tipo
Erupción volcánica
Coordenadas
18.02° S, 174.32° W
Vei
2
Vent
North-central part of the island
Dated by
Observations: Reported
Volcano number
243100
Eruption number
14782

Fonualei

Island in Tonga

Fonualei is an uninhabited volcanic island in the kingdom of Tonga. It 70 km northwest of Vavaʻu and is part of the highly active Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone and its associated volcanic arc, which extends from New Zealand north-northeast to Fiji, and is formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Indo-Australian Plate. The closest island to Fonualei is Tokū 19.7 km to the southeast.

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