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A strong preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, prompting coastal evacuations but no wider tsunami warnings.
Preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, USGS says
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