On 3/19/2009 6:17:37 PM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 and depth 10km has struck an unpopulated area in the Tonga Province (population: 0 million) in Tonga. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be low (Green alert).
It is likely that a tsunami was generated. The maximum tsunami wave height near the coast of Tonga Region will be 0.7m. Please refer to the GDACS tsunami report for more details. This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact since the affected region is unpopulated and has low vulnerability to natural disasters. The nearest populated places are [None]. It is a flat region with a maximum altitude of -123 m. http://2008alerts.blogspot.com -- Posted By Breaking News to Break News at 3/19/2009 09:14:00 PM
