Tonga earthquake: Magnitude 7 strikes south Pacific islands

Hazardous tsunami waves from quake possible within 300km of epicenter along coasts of Tonga

Tonga earthquake: A magnitude 7 earthquake struck the south pacific island
Tonga earthquake: A magnitude 7 earthquake struck the south pacific island

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Tonga on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 16km (10 miles), GFZ said.

GFZ had earlier pegged the earthquake at 6.6.

Hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within 300km of the epicentre along the coasts of Tonga, the Pacific Tsunami Warning System said. Tonga is a Polynesian kingdom of more than 170 south Pacific islands.

(Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirsten Donovan and Rod Nickel)

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