Strong Earthquake In the Tonga Islands Region; Tsunami Advisory Issued For American Samoa
For more information see https://t.co/c9d70XmEZF pic.twitter.com/3zVSFItTai— National Weather Service (@NWS) November 11, 2022
Notable quake, preliminary info: M 7.1 – 207 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga https://t.co/fTPzMTjV8D
— USGS Earthquakes (@USGS_Quakes) November 11, 2022
We are assessing
whether the M7.5 TONGA REGION earthquake poses any tsunami threat to New
Zealand. If a tsunami has been generated it is not likely to arrive in
New Zealand for at least hours.— National Emergency
Management Agency (@NZcivildefence) November
11, 2022
Tsunami Watch Information bulletin issued;
Date: 11/11/2022
Time:10:49 PM
Magnitude: 7.5Mw
Depth: 10 km
Location: 211 km SE from Neiafu, Tonga Islands.
Offshore EarthquakeA TSUNAMI WATCH is in place for the Fiji Region, especially the Lau Group. pic.twitter.com/eWpE2axNa5
— Seismology Fiji (@FijiSeismology) November 11, 2022
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck in the sea off Tonga late Friday, according to the US Geological Survey, sparking a tsunami warning.
According to the USGS, the earthquake hit 10 km (six miles) deep, about 200 km southeast of Neiafu, a town in the northeast of the Pacific archipelago nation.
“Hazardous tsunami waves are possible for coasts located within 300 km of the earthquake epicenter,” said the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
Seismic activity is fairly common around Tonga, a country with about 100,000 people spread across 171 islands.
In January this year, it was rocked by the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano, one of the most powerful such events in modern times, according to researchers from the University of Bath.
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