Breaking News: Strong earthquake .............

[LexMan81]

Strong earthquake measuring magnitude 6.0 reported near Pacific Island nation of Tonga,
U.S. Geological Survey reports.

CNN

[aquart]

1. aftershock?

[magellan]

2. Aftershock to yesterday's 7.9

Sounds like....

[Haole Girl]

3. Link? n/t

[Bhaisahab]

4. Wasn't there an 8-magnitude earthquake there yesterday?

i read in the papers that there was a tsunami warning in tonga and new zealand coz of the earthquake. is this a new one?

welcome to DU Lex. You may want to put in some links in there with the news. also would appreciate if you could remove the teaser from the thread title and just mention where the quake occured. such as - "strong earthquake in Tonga (Mag 6)

see ya around...

[magellan]

5. USGS is reporting it

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usmhaz.php

[Haole Girl]

6. So this is another one. Geez. n/t

[magellan]

9. It's normal aftershock activity

I remember a day or so after the 6.7 in Northridge (94) we had a 5-something. It means the bigger quake was probably the main event and things will settle down again.

[FreakinDJ]

7. Here is the 7.9 from yesterday

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usmgas.php

[ToolTex]

8. Hey, look over here!

n/t

[Robbien]

10. Reuters story on this new quake - link

LONDON (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 6.0 hit the islands of Tonga, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Web site monitored in London on Thursday.

The quake came one day after a larger quake rocked Tonga, generating a small tsunami and sparking fears across the South Pacific of a major disaster. It was not clear if the latest quake caused any damage.

"We don't expect any tsunami warnings," Julie Martinez of USGS told Britain's Sky Television of the latest quake.

The earthquake at 12.25 a.m. local time on Friday (1125 GMT), 135 km (85 miles) north east of Nuku'alofa, Tonga, and 2115 km (1310 miles) north east of Auckland, New Zealand, the Web site said.

In 2004 an earthquake triggered a tsunami that left more than 230,000 people dead or missing across large parts of Asia.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-05-04T170502Z_01_L04795336_RTRUKOC_0_UK-QUAKE-TONGA-ISLANDS.xml

[populistdriven]

11. 16 Tonga earthquakes in the last week!

[Megahurtz]

12. Just Part of The Pacific Rim of Fire.