Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes Tonga islands, GFZ says
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Tonga, prompting tsunami warnings. The quake was 16 km deep, with potential waves affecting nearby coasts.
(Reuters) -A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Tonga on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 16 km (10 miles), GFZ said.
GFZ had earlier pegged the earthquake at 6.6.
Hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within 300 km of the epicenter along the coasts of Tonga, the Pacific Tsunami Warning System said. Tonga is a Polynesian kingdom of more than 170 South Pacific islands.
(Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirsten Donovan and Rod Nickel)
The main topic is a magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Tonga, with potential tsunami warnings issued for nearby regions.
The earthquake struck at a depth of 16 km, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences.
Yes, hazardous tsunami waves are possible within 300 km of the epicenter along the coasts of Tonga.
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