{"id":131918,"date":"2025-03-31T05:38:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T05:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/7-0-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-coast-of-tonga-prompting-tsunami-warning-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T05:38:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T05:38:45","slug":"7-0-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-coast-of-tonga-prompting-tsunami-warning-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/7-0-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-coast-of-tonga-prompting-tsunami-warning-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Tonga, prompting tsunami warning &#8211; USA TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A magnitude <a href=https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/us7000pntq\/executive target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|${u} class=gnt_ar_b_a>7.0 earthquake struck<\/a> off the coast of Tonga early Monday morning, prompting a tsunami warning that has since been lifted.<br \/>The U.S. Geological Survey said that the earthquake hit about 62 miles northeast of the main island of Tongatapu at around 1:18 a.m. local time.<br \/>The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning that was rescinded about an hour after the earthquake. Locals were not advised to return to their homes by the Tonga Meteorological Services \u2212 <a href=https:\/\/talanoaotonga.to\/tsunami-warning-after-major-earthquake\/ data-t-l=:b|z|k|${u} class=gnt_ar_b_a>according to the Tongan news outlet Talanoa o Tonga<\/a>.<br \/>The area has seen <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/map\/?currentFeatureId=us7000pnvt&#038;extent=-21.24842,-175.48737&#038;extent=-19.82873,-172.87262\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|${u} class=gnt_ar_b_a>six aftershocks<\/a>, all with a magnitude of greater than 4.5, according to the USGS.<br \/>There were no initial reports of damage caused by the earthquake.<br \/>The earthquake that rattled Tonga comes days after a <a href=\/story\/news\/world\/2025\/03\/28\/earthquake-thailand-myanmar-photos-video\/82703122007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|${u} class=gnt_ar_b_a>7.7-magnitude earthquake<\/a> struck Myanmar, <a href=\/story\/news\/world\/2025\/03\/30\/myanmar-earthquake-death-roll-rises\/82728460007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|${u} class=gnt_ar_b_a>killing nearly 1,700<\/a> and destroying structures across the country.<br \/><a href=\/story\/news\/world\/2025\/03\/29\/myanmar-thailand-earthquake-photos\/82718327007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|${u} class=gnt_ar_b_a>Images from the Southeast Asian country<\/a> on Saturday show the aftermath of the earthquake and tremors, including a 6.4-magnitude aftershock.<br \/><a href=https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/us7000pn9s\/pager data-t-l=:b|z|k|${u} class=gnt_ar_b_a>Predictive modeling<\/a>\u00a0by the USGS suggests the death toll could reach as high as 10,000 people.<br \/>&#8220;This is not just a disaster; it is a complex humanitarian crisis layered over existing vulnerabilities,&#8221; Alexander Matheou, Red Cross regional director for Asia Pacific, said in a press release Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQdVdnTGRtSkJYQ1ZvSnR0b3NQVDdxREtuS25YREhFVUdSSlhhdHhKYlZiUEJtQWRlanZwODBZWTZVb01QZWM4bnp1ekJoRl95QzY1UzQweGQ2Q25lSWdxbzk1R09NMmRTVzliWFlpb0diQ204LTFfenVpNmlldElyMVd2ZmMzSWJNS0tYVjh3aHh4ZTFm?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga early Monday morning, prompting a tsunami warning that has since been lifted.The U.S. Geological Survey said that the earthquake hit about 62 miles northeast of the main island of Tongatapu at around 1:18 a.m. local time.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning that was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}