STRONG EARTHQUAKE REPORT

 

INITIAL ANALYSIS FROM THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY INDICATED
THAT AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.1 HAS OCCURRED AT 9:21
A.M. ON 17 JULY 2017 (MONDAY) (HONG KONG TIME) NEAR TONGA
ISLANDS. THE EPICENTRE IS LOCATED NEAR 20.0S, 173.1W, ABOUT
250 KILOMETRES EAST-NORTHEAST OF NUKU'ALOFA.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 09:38 HKT ON 17.07.2017