700 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/136861/Significant-52-quake-hits-near-Hihifo-Niuas-Tonga.htmlThe German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.2 quake in Tonga near Hihifo, Niuas, only 18 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the morning on Saturday 31 July 2021 at 11:39 am local time at a shallow depth of 10 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake....2021-07-31T01:27+0200volcanodiscovery-1ce30e74c149c0f00bcace12a1de240820210731012700https://watchers.news/2021/07/24/kermadec-islands-region-earthquake-july-24-2021/The epicenter was located 974 km (604 miles) SSW of 'Ohonua, Tonga and 1 036 km (644 miles) NE of Whangarei, New Zealand. There are no people living within 100 km (62 miles). There is no tsunami threat from this earthquake. The USGS issued a Green alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses.2021-07-24T17:48+0200watchers-2394e0192c69b218e86c2d4fe96c7cb420210724174800https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/136124/Moderate-magnitude-48-earthquake-40-km-south-of-Hihifo-Tonga.htmlJust 25 minutes ago, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Hihifo, Niuas, Tonga. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Friday 23 July 2021 at 2:16 pm local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 56.3 km below the surface. The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it.2021-07-23T03:59+0200volcanodiscovery-2226d3a57fe8b828e6792bc15122718f20210723035900https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/503221/tonga-magnitude-54-offshore-earthquake-strikes-near-tonga-july-18Event. A magnitude-5.4 offshore earthquake occurred near Tonga at 13:36 July 18. The epicenter was about 215 km (134 miles) north of Nuku'alofa. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 211 km (131 miles), and light shaking likely occurred in across Tongatapu.2021-07-18T05:10+0200garda-com-f2c08013591149dc551269f2b66df85020210718051000