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

美国地质勘探局报道，南太平洋岛国汤加当地时间12日下午发生里氏6.1级地震。

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

震中位于内亚富东北方143公里处，震源深度为10.9公里。

An aftershock of 5.7 magnitude followed two minutes later.

两分钟后发生为5.7级的余震。

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

汤加最北部岛屿中的纽阿托普塔普岛上，一个气象人员表示他没有感觉到地震。

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

在更南部的瓦瓦乌群岛或汤加塔布岛上，居民们没有感觉到震动。

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

这次地震没有引发海啸。也不会对新西兰产生影响，西兰的民防部表示。

 

The Kingdom of Tonga（译：汤加，又译东加）全名汤加王国。

一个位于太平洋西南部赤道附近、由172个大小不等的岛屿组成岛屿国家，西距斐济650公里，西南距新西兰1770公里，面积约有699平方公里，人口为100673人（2001），人口密度相当高。（本介绍转自百度百科）