Tonga, pacific tsunami warning center and earthquake
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A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, prompting an initial tsunami warning that was later lifted for the Pacific island country.
Reuters |
Signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that killed at leas...
BBC |
The UN says the earthquake has compounded "an already dire crisis" in Myanmar, which is in the midst of a four-year civil war.
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Tonga was jolted in the early hours of Monday- local time- after a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck just over 60 miles northeast of the island, triggering fears of a possible tsunami threat along the region’s coastlines.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck in the hours of the Monday morning centred 79 kilometres south-southeast of Pangai in the Ha'apai group of islands.
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