6.1 earthquake

6.1 magnitude quake hits in far northern regions of Tongan islands

Honolulu, HAWAII — A 6.1 magnatude earthquake hit 89.9 miles east of Hihifo, Tonga and at a depth of 14 km. This was Saturday morning at approximately 4:30a.m. American Samoa time. This is in the far north of the Tongan islands about 375 miles WSW of Tutuila. There are no immediate reports of...

Screen shot of the US Tsunami Warning System website page, shows the location — the dot — of an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1

American Samoans comment on Tuesday’s 6.1 earthquake

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 occurred about 134 miles Southwest of Tutuila at 5:06 a.m yesterday The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a statement a few minutes later saying that, “based on all available data, there is no tsunami...