An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 was recorded near the Kingdom of Tonga

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 was recorded in the South Pacific Ocean near the Kingdom of Tonga. This was confirmed on February 1 by data published on the website of the US Geological Survey.

It is noted that the registered seismic event was located at a depth of 10 km. The tremors were detected 92 km northeast of the city of Ohonua, which is home to approximately 1.2 thousand people.

There was no information about casualties or damage.

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The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) reported on January 27 that a magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Hokkaido Island in Japan. At that time, the earthquake was located at a depth of 34 km, and it occurred 154 km east of the city of Kushiro with a population of 183 thousand people.

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