Saturday, February 13, 2010

Tonga rocked by 6.3 magnitude earthquake

By Kim Saulse
13 February 2010

The island of Tonga has been rocked by a six point three magnitude earthquake.

The US Geological Survey has reportedly said there are no reports of damage.

The quake hit 96 kilometres south-southeast of the capital at a shallow depth of ten kilometres.

Nine people died in September last year when a tsunami, triggered by an eight magnitude earthquake, hit a northern Tongan island.

143 people were also killed in Samoa and another 34 in neighbouring American Samoa.

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