KUALA LUMPUR: A strong earthquake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, hit the Tonga Islands at 4.47am on Monday (May 27), reported the Malaysian Meteorological Department.
It said in a statement that the epicentre of the quake was 752km east of Laucala Island, Fiji at a depth of 138km.
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