5.5-magnitude quake hits south of Tonga Islands: GFZ-Xinhua

5.5-magnitude quake hits south of Tonga Islands: GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-11-30 07:58:45

BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted south of Tonga Islands at 2342 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 93.4 km, was initially determined to be at 26.98 degrees south latitude and 175.73 degrees west longitude.