Around the World: South Pacific Ocean
China Daily | Updated: 2008-10-20 07:38
Strong earthquake
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 rocked a remote area of the South Pacific Ocean east of the island nation of Tonga yesterday, the US Geological Survey said.
A newspaper reporter in Tonga said by telephone that buildings in the capital, Nuku'alofa, shook for about two minutes during the quake.
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