6.1 earthquake registered near Kingdom of Tonga: US geological survey
Moscow, Jun 16 (Sputnik) A 6.1 magnitude earthquake was registered on Sunday near the shore of the Kingdom of Tonga, the US Geological Survey said.
The tremor occurred at 10:56 a.m. local time (21:56 on Saturday GMT), with the epicentre, located 97 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of the town of Ohonua at the depth of 10 kilometres.
An hour later one more earthquake occurred in the region.
The 7.2 magnitude tremor was registered 103 kilometres northeast of New Zealand's island of L'Esperance Rock.
The epicentre of the quake was located at the depth of 34.4 kilometers.
There are no reports about any damages or victims caused by the earthquakes.
The Kingdom of Tonga and New Zealand are located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffer from powerful earthquakes.
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