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One man hurt as great earthquake 8.0 shakes awake Tonga

Thursday, May 4, 2006 - 13:00.  Updated on Friday, May 20, 2016 - 18:16.

One man hurt as great earthquake 8.0 shakes awake Tonga

Thursday, May 4, 2006 - 13:00
FROM OUR ARCHIVES: Tongans were shaken awake early this morning, 4 May 2006, as a Magnitude 8.0 earthquake possibly Tonga's largest on record, shook the capital, where one terrified hotel guest was hospitalised after jumping off his second floor hotel balcony during the quake.

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