Authority briefly warned of tsunamis
Around 80 kilometers north of the Pacific island state Tonga has one earthquake Shaked the Pacific. According to the German Geo -Research Institute in Potsdam (GFZ), the quake reached a thickness of 7.48. At the earthquake in Southeast Asia, which caused severe destruction last week and in which around 1,700 people came to death in Myanmar alonemeasure the GFZ a thickness of 7.7.
In the meantime, the US authority warned of tsunamis due to donation at Tonga
Because of the quake near Tonga, in the meantime The US Tsunami early warning system for the Pacific. The authority is stationed in the US state of Hawaii, around 5000 kilometers north of Tonga. There is no longer any danger of giant waves at the moment. Nothing became known about injuries or destruction either.
Around 100,000 people live in the kingdom of Tonga. The island state is located in the South Pacific about 5200 kilometers away from the Australian coast. Numerous volcanoes shape the landscape of many islands. In 2022, the Hunga Tonga volcano broke out off the coast of the island state.
