MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 31st July, 2020) A 5.7 magnitude earthquake was registered on Friday near the shore of the Kingdom of Tonga, the US Geological Survey said.
The tremor occurred at 8:16 a.m. local time (19:16 on Thursday GMT), with the epicenter located 66 kilometers (over 41 miles) southeast of the town of Neiafu at a depth of 10 kilometers.
There are no reports about any damages or victims caused by the earthquake. No tsunami alert has been declared.
The Kingdom of Tonga is located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffers from powerful earthquakes.
