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Earthquake of magnitude 6.9 strikes Tonga
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 has striked 134 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 jolts Tonga
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
An earthquake of 4.9 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted 296 km South of Ohonua, Tonga on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
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Earthquake of 6.8 magnitude jolts Tonga
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The earthquake struck at 11:36 pm Indian Standard Time (IST) and at a depth of 210 kilometres.
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UAE leaders congratulate King of Tonga on Independence Day
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, sent similar messages to King Tupou VI and Prime Minister Siaosi Sovale
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US opens embassy in Tonga in new move against China
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"We are pleased to announce the United States officially opened the US Embassy in Nuku'alofa on May 9, 2023, less than one year after Vice President Harris announced at a meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum that we would begin discussions with Tonga regarding establishing an embassy," US St
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Earthquake of 7.6 magnitude jolts Tonga
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 jolted Tonga, the United States Geological Survey informed.
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Jaishankar interacts with Global South Permanent Representatives
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The representatives were from Barbados, Gambia, Kazakhstan, Mali, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, St Lucia and Tonga.
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MP: Court awards four years of imprisonment to former fire official for fa
Updated : 3 years ago IST
EOW (Economic Offences Wing) Superintendent of Police (SP) Dhananjay Shah said that a complaint was received against the then Superintendent of Fire Department, B S Tongar, for getting jobs on the basis of fake degrees and financial irregularities in 2003.
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7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes near Niue pacific island, 7.1 magnitude
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
An earthquake has been reported near Neiafu in Tonga measuring 7.1 on the Ritcher scale. It occurred 207 km (128.6 miles) east south-east of Neiafu, the United States Geological Survey said.
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Researchers discovered that Tonga volcano had highest plume ever recorded
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Using images captured by satellites, researchers in the University of Oxford's Department of Physics and RAL Space have confirmed that the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano produced the highest-ever recorded plume. The colossal eruption is also the first to have
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Wang Yi begins visit to South Pacific nations amid growing security concer
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 26 (ANI): Under the watchful eye of the United States, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to South Pacific island countries starting Thursday to ramp up ties with tiny but strategically located island nations.
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India delivers 272 packages of Disaster Relief Supplies to Tonga
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Nuku'alofa [Tonga], May 24 (ANI): As part of humanitarian assistance to Tonga in the aftermath of the volcano eruption and tsunami, a consignment carrying 272 packages of Disaster Relief Supplies from India reached on Monday.
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