NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Tonga Islands at 17:26:54 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 17.56 degrees south latitude and 173.22 degrees west longitude. ■