Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Tongan: Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a sovereign state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific.
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3 earthquake hit near the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but no tsunami alert was issued and there were no immediate reports of injury or damage.The quake, centered 60 miles southwest of the capital, Nuku'alofa, was a shallow 6 miles below the ocean's surface, the agency said.It hit as Tonga — a 170-island archipelago about halfway between Australia and Tahiti — braced for tropical cyclone Rene, currently a Category 3 cyclone packing winds up to up to 93 miles an hour. On its present track, the storm is gathering strength and could pass close to the islands that are home to more than 100,000 people.In September, nine people in Tonga were killed on the northern island of Nuiatoputapu by a tsunami spawned by an earthquake off Samoa . The tsunami killed 183 people in Samoa and another 34 in American Samoa .The most recent local temblor was a powerful 6.8 magnitude quake that struck about 75 miles out to sea off Nuku'al...A moderate magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook the South Pacific near Tonga on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. No tsunami watch was issued.The quake ...
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Tonga , sending panicked residents into the streets at night, but there were no immediate reports ...
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A shipping company chief was sentenced to five years in prison and his corporation fined more than $1 million on Monday for negligence in a ferry disaster in Tonga t...
A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck at sea northwest of Tonga in the South Pacific. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no tsunami warn...
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Tongans went to church and prayed Sunday as Tropical Cyclone Rene barreled toward their islands, threatening to intensify and directly hit the South Pacific nation.A...
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake rattled the island nation of Tonga in the South Pacific on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of...
Four men were found guilty of manslaughter Friday in connection to the 2009 sinking of a packed passenger ferry in Tonga that was one of the South Pacific nation's w...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 has struck the South Pacific off the coasts of Tonga , Sam...
In a story Nov. 25 about elections in Tonga, The Associated Press reported erroneously that nine nobles in the country's parliament are appointed by the monarch. The...
Noble Lord Tu'ivakano defeated pro-democracy leader Akalisi Pohiva in a secret ballot among Tongan lawmakers Tuesday to become the country's first prime minister ele...
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — Tonga's government has agreed to deploy 275 soldiers to Afghanistan over the next two years to help guard a British garrison at the request ...
The captain of the Tongan ferry that sank leaving 93 missing and presumed dead said Monday he was pressured into sailing the vessel even though authorities knew the ...
Tongan police have charged three people with manslaughter in the death of one of 74 passengers who died last year in a ferry sinking that was one of the tiny South P...
Eighty-five passengers were missing and feared dead Saturday after their ferry flipped and sank off Tonga , with only two bodies recovered more than two days after t...
Ninety-three people were missing and feared dead Sunday after their ferry capsized and sank off Tonga , as divers continued to try and locate the sunken vessel in th...
The number of people missing and feared dead after a ferry sank in Tonga rose Friday to more than 60 and could jump further, police said, as the prime minister calle...
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