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Strong earthquake felt in Nuku'alofa [1]

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 12:38.  Updated on Monday, September 9, 2013 - 18:40.

A short, strong earthquake rattled wooden buildings in Nuku'alofa, Tonga at 12:24pm today, November 14. Officers at the Tonga Met. Office confirmed that they also felt the shake at Fua'amotu Airport at 12:24 pm. 

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) website reports that a 5.4M earthquake was centred 75km west of Havelu, Tonga at 21.049S and 175.932 W at a depth of 34.1 km at UTC 23:23:50.

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