A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, a country in Polynesia made up of 171 islands with a population of a little more than 100,000 people.

Hours later, a second 6.1 magnitude quake hit in the same area. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued an alert ...

A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, a country in Polynesia made up of 171 islands with a population of a little ...

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center later called off an alert issued immediately after the jolt that warned of waves of 1 to 3 meters along some parts of the Papua New Guinea coastline. A caution ...

Hours later, a second 6.1 magnitude quake hit in the same area. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued an alert following the first quake saying hazardous waves could be possible but ...

A powerful earthquake was reported in the Pacific Ocean early Monday morning local time, with officials issuing tsunami ...

the tsunami warning coordinator at the National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska. “That is the No. 1 reason why people need to understand what their hazard zone is ahead of time.” The changes ...