Nukualofa, (Samajweekly) An earthquake, measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale, rocked south of Tonga on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The temblor hit the region at 07:16:59 GMT, Xinhua news agency reported.
It was epicentred at 24.0318 degrees south latitude and 175.6262 degrees west longitude.
Its depth was 7.087 km.
