In the early hours of Thursday, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific island country of Tonga, although there were no reports of casualties or property damage. According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake hit around 1602 GMT at a depth of 210 km, roughly 100 kilometres off the isolated volcano island of Niuatoputapu in Tonga. “We had calls early …
The government of Tonga issued a tsunami warning on Friday after an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck in the sea around 207 km from the capital, and warned residents to move inland to higher ground. The earthquake was at a depth of 24.8 km that struck in the sea at about 207 km east of south-east of Neiafu, according to …
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