A magnitude 7 earthquake struck in the hours of the Monday morning centred 79 kilometres south-southeast of Pangai in the Ha'apai group of islands.

It is thought to have hit about 62 miles north-east of the Polynesian country's main island of Tongatapu. Tonga is home to 10,000 people across 45 islands and lies over 2,000 miles off Australia's ...

“Never felt an earthquake go for that long.” Tonga is a country in Polynesia made up of 171 islands with a population of just over 100,000 people, most of whom live on the main island of Tongatapu. It ...

Tsunami sirens went off around 1:18 a.m. alerting residents to the storm, prompting the people in the Ha’apai islands to move to higher ground, according to local reports. Tonga is a country in ...

Tonga is a country in Polynesia made up of 171 islands with just over 100,000 people, most of whom live on the main island of Tongatapu. It is 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) northeast of New ...