A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit south east of Tonga at 1:19pm local time (2:19 NZT), the US Geological Survey has reported.

美國地質勘探局報道，南太平洋島國湯加當?shù)貢r間12日下午發(fā)生里氏6.1級地震。

The quake was at a depth of 10.9 kilometres, 106 kilometres south east of Hihifo, Tonga, 2528km west of Auckland.

震中位于內亞富東北方143公里處，震源深度為10.9公里。

An aftershock of 5.7 magnitude followed two minutes later.

兩分鐘后發(fā)生為5.7級的余震。

A meteorological officer on Niuatoputapu, one of the northern most islands of Tonga, said he had not felt the earthquake.

湯加最北部島嶼中的紐阿托普塔普島上，一個氣象人員表示他沒有感覺到地震。

No shaking was felt further south by residents in the islands of Vava'u or on Tongatapu, the Matangi Tonga website reported.

在更南部的瓦瓦烏群島或湯加塔布島上，居民們沒有感覺到震動。

No tsunami waves were triggered by this earthquake and it does not have any implications for New Zealand, said New Zealand Civil Defence.

這次地震沒有引發(fā)海嘯。也不會對新西蘭產生影響，西蘭的民防部表示。

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The Kingdom of Tonga（譯：湯加，又譯東加）全名湯加王國。

一個位于太平洋西南部赤道附近、由172個大小不等的島嶼組成島嶼國家，西距斐濟650公里，西南距新西蘭1770公里，面積約有699平方公里，人口為100673人（2001），人口密度相當高。（本介紹轉自百度百科）