A strong undersea earthquake was felt in Tonga, this evening at 6:10pm local time, with a tremor shaking houses in the capital for nearly two minutes.
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Sunday 19 October 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Wednesday 26 March 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nuku‘alofa experienced dark overcast skies this morning as thunderstorms dumped above average rainfall, flooding roads and homes in low-lying areas in just 24 hours.
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Saturday 9 February 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Defence Force's quick reaction team responded last night to several calls for help as low-lying areas around Nuku'alofa were submerged during the greatest rainfall ever recorded in the kingdom.
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Friday 8 February 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nuku‘alofa is experiencing flash flooding of low-lying areas, with water coming inside some homes, after thunderstorms this afternoon dumped almost a month's rainfall over Tongatapu in only seven hours.
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Monday 28 January 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A strong Wind Warning remains in force for Niuafo...ou and Niuatoputapu as a trough of low pressure associated with a tropical depression over Fiji remains slow moving over Tonga.
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Thursday 10 January 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A fishing boat was washed on a reef to the east of the Masefield Naval Base, in Nuku'alofa late this afternoon, the victim of a tropical depression that has lashed Tongatapu with strong winds and heavy rain during the past 48 hours.
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Sunday 9 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A magnitude 7.6 to 7.9 earthquake deep in the seabed north of the Kermadec Islands was felt in Nuku'alofa at around 8:30 pm Tonga time.
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Sunday 9 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tropical Cyclone Alert has been cancelled for central and southern Tonga as Tropical Cyclone Daman has weakened overnight and is expected to curve southwest away from Tonga today.
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Saturday 8 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A tropical Cyclone Alert is now in force for most of Tonga as Severe Tropical Cyclone Daman moves away from Fiji on a southeast track and is expected to bring storms and damaging gale force winds to Tonga tomorrow, Sunday.
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Wednesday 18 July 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An earthquake measuring 6.3, epicentred about 600km south of Tonga this afternoon, was not felt in Tongatapu.
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Friday 6 April 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tropical Cyclone Cliff brought heavy rain and strong winds to the islands of Southern Tonga last night as it passed 125 km to the south of Fua'amotu at 4 am.
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Thursday 5 April 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tropical Cyclone Cliff moving away from Fiji toward the south of Tonga is expected to bring damaging gale force winds to Tongatapu and nearby small islands tonight.
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Tuesday 6 February 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The capital Nuku'alofa was jolted by 5.7 magnitude earthquakes just before mid-night last night, January 5, the first earthquake to be felt at the capital this year.
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Wednesday 8 November 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A yacht sailing out of Vava'u motored into a strange "sea of stone" on August 12, and the following day its crew became possibly the first people to witness the birth of a new volcanic island that has been forming in Tonga.
Monday 6 November 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new island has emerged out of the sea between Tonga's volcanic islands of Kao in the Ha'apai Group and Late in the Vava'u Group, according to an eyewitness report.
Wednesday 16 August 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A short but strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 was felt in Nuku‘alofa at lunchtime today, and shook buildings in the capital for a few seconds.
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Saturday 29 July 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's tsunami risk has increased this year with over 800 earthquakes in the first six months of 2006, following nearly 900 quakes in 2005, but as yet there is no system in place that can give Tongans rapid warning of a damaging wave.
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Monday 29 May 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 was felt throughout Tonga yesterday afternoon, but no damage was reported, while people in Ha'apai who were closest to the epicentre said that shaking had become almost a daily routine since a damaging 7.9 quake on May 4 closed their hospital.
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Saturday 6 May 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Following the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Tonga major structural damage to the Queen Salote Wharf no. 2 and 3, in Nuku'alofa, and to the Niu'ui Hospital and other structures in Ha'apai is being assessed by Tonga's Ministry of Lands. Photos courtesy Tonga Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources.
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Saturday 6 May 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Strong aftershock was felt in Nuku'alofa yesterday evening rattling the nerves of residents - but this time for only a few seconds. Since the violent 7.9 earthquake at 4.26 am on May 4, 2006, some 20 aftershocks have been recorded by the US Geological Survey in Tonga. The aftershocks ranging from magnitude 4.4 to 6 are located in the vicinity of the major seismic event on May 4 with an epicentre in Ha'apai.
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Tonga weather forecast from yr.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK. See also Fua'amotu Weather Forecasting Center, Tonga, for latest local weather bulletin.