A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck near Tongatapu this morning, with dozens reporting they felt the shaking, on social media.
The quake was 234km deep, and about 202.3km west-south-west of Nuku’alofa and Haveluloto.
It happened at 22.28am, the earthquake.usgs.gov reports.
Tonga Meteorological website said: “No Current Tsunami Advisory for Tonga”.
A number of people took to social media to report what they felt.
“Is this an earthquake?,” one person wrote.
Another said: “Why quaking like that.”
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