An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck south of Tonga, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
Reported on Sunday, the quake was at a depth of 40 km (25 miles), EMSC said. EMSC had first reported a magnitude of 6.1 for the earthquake.
Tongan which officially called the Kingdom of Tonga is a Polynesian country which has 171 islands out of which 45 are inhabited. The country has a population of 100,209 and it’s total surface area is about 700,000 Km2.
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