The Latest Breaking News from Tonga

The volcanic ash that coats much of Tonga poses serious health risks if inhaled but once enough rain falls, it could help rejuvenate the country's soil and is already being collected for building materials.

The volcanic eruption in Tonga this month unleashed an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out at close to the speed of sound, pushing large waves across the Pacific to the shores of Japan and Peru, thousands of kilometers away. Forecasting models and warning systems, designed primarily to assess earthquake-triggered waves, did…

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The US Geological Survey reports a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck near the Pacific nation of Tonga. No tsunami threat is reported.

The eruption of an underwater volcano and subsequent tsunami that hit Tonga on January 16, was one of the most violent natural disasters in decades. While this event had catastrophic consequences, such incidents are relatively common as volcanoes are naturally unstable, unpredictable and exist throughout the world.

Magnitude 6.2 quake hits almost two weeks after Tonga was devastated by a volcanic eruption and tsunami.

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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Tonga just weeks after a killer tsunami hit the island nation sparking widespread devastation.

The earthquake was at a depth of 14.5km

Tonga has been hit by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake just two weeks after the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption, which was more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb

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