Known for its mysterious stone Moai statues, Easter Island has a somewhat enigmatic history, largely due to the fact that ...

Earthquakes are common in Tonga, a low-lying archipelago home to around 100,000 people that straddles the seismic Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire is an arc of intense tectonic activity that ...

Tonga is a Polynesian nation consisting of 171 islands and has a population of just over 100,000 people, with majority residing on the main island, Tongatapu. A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake ...

Tsunami sirens could be heard after the 1:18 a.m. quake urging residents to move inland in a live video streamed by the Tonga Broadcasting Commission. People in the capital, Nuku'alofa ...

Listen to Story Epicenter 100 km northeast of main island No immediate damage reports Tonga has over 100,000 people on 171 islands A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, prompting a tsunami ...

Tokyo: A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck near Tonga on Monday morning, prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre to issue a tsunami alert for the region.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga early Monday morning ... suggests the death toll could reach as high as 10,000 people. "This is not just a disaster; it is a complex ...

Tsunami sirens could be heard after the 1:18 a.m. quake urging residents to move inland in a live video streamed by the Tonga Broadcasting Commission. People in the capital, Nuku’alofa, were seen ...

Tonga's quake came just two days after Myanmar and Thailand were hit by a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The death toll currently stands at 1,700 as people remain trapped under collapsed ...

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Tonga on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 16km (10 miles), GFZ said. GFZ had earlier pegged the earthquake ...

Tonga is a country in Polynesia made up of 171 islands with a population of a little more than 100,000 people, most of whom live on the main island of Tongatapu. It is more than 3,500 kilometers ...