2007 Tonga earthquake

The 2007 Tonga earthquake occurred on 9 December 2007 at 20:28:24 local time (07:28:24 UTC). NOAA rated a strength of 7.9 on the Ritcher scale, and USGS at 7.6. There were no reports of damange, death or injury.

NOAA reported the earthquake, with a depth of 130 km, was too deep inside the Earth to generate a significant tsunami. USGS located the earthquake at 26.156S, 177.453W or 600 km (370 miles) SSW of Nukualofa, Tonga, with a magnitude of 7.6, occurring at 07:28:24 UTC.

The quake was epicentred 345km (215 miles) north of Raoul Island, in the Kermadec Islands, or 900km northeast of New Zealand.

On 19 November, 2007, an earthquake with a strength of 6.3, hit Fiji and Tonga, epicentred at 364 kilometres to the east of Nukualofa. It happened at 13:52 New Zealand Time (01:52 UTC) and was 551 kilometres deep.

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