Magnitude 7.2 quake strikes off Tonga; no tsunami threat to Hawaii
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
A major earthquake struck southwest of Tonga but does not pose a tsunami threat to Hawaii.
A major earthquake struck southwest of Tonga but does not pose a tsunami threat to Hawaii.
The preliminary magnitude 7.2 quake struck at 8:06 a.m., 181 miles southwest of Nuku‘alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga, and 438 miles southeast of Nasinu, Central, Fiji, at a depth of 104 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said today in a bulletin that “a Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected and there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii.”
No serious injuries were immediately reported.
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