An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 hit the Tonga Islands on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Do not return to coastal areas until an official "ALL CLEAR ... 0.3 to 1 meters above the tide level are possible" for Tonga and other islands in the region. However, with the majority of the ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga ... their homes by the Tonga Meteorological Services − according to the Tongan news outlet Talanoa o Tonga. The area has seen six ...

It is made up of 171 islands and home to 100,000 people, most of whom live on the island of Tongatapu. The country is more than 3,500km (2,000 miles) from Australia's east coast. Tonga and Niue ...

the Cook Islands, Tokelau and Niue. On Tonga, the Foreign Office advises anyone on low-lying coastal areas to move immediately to higher ground or inland. It urged people to follow evacuation ...

On Sunday, a powerful magnitude 7 earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean, as reported by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Initial fears of a tsunami were soon alleviated, ...

In response, Tonga’s National Disaster Risk Management Office advised residents in low-lying coastal areas to move to higher ... the vulnerability of the island nation to natural disasters.

On Sunday, a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the Pacific island nation of Tonga, prompting the issuance of a tsunami warning. This seismic event, occurring at a shallow depth of 10 ...