ABC Feeds<p>Breaking: Magnitude-7.1 earthquake hits Tonga, tsunami threat issued<br>By Thomas Morgan and Maddy Morwood</p><p>The US Tsunami Warning Centre says waves are possible within 300 kilometres of the epicentre, which struck approximately 100 kilometres off the coast of Tonga.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-31/magnitude-7-earthquake-hits-tonga-tsunami-threat-issued/105114840" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-31/mag</span><span class="invisible">nitude-7-earthquake-hits-tonga-tsunami-threat-issued/105114840</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Tsunamis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tsunamis</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Earthquakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earthquakes</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/EarthSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthSciences</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/ThomasMorgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThomasMorgan</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/MaddyMorwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaddyMorwood</span></a></p>