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An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 occurred off the coast of the Kingdom of Tonga.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 occurred off the coast of the Kingdom of Tonga.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 occurred off the coast of the Kingdom of Tonga, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) reports.

According to seismologists, the earthquake occurred 151 kilometers northeast of the kingdom’s capital, the city of Nuku’alofa, with a population of about 23 thousand people at 14.52 UTC time.


The outbreak lay at a depth of 10 kilometers.


Information about possible casualties and destruction has not yet been received.