Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Jolts Tsunami-Hit Tonga

This photo taken on Jan. 16, 2022, shows a boat out of the water and on the dock from the tsunami at the harbor in Tonga's capital Nukualofa following the Jan. 15 eruption of the nearby Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai underwater volcano. Mary Lyn Fonua/Matangi Tonga/AFP via Getty Images

Tonga was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported, which came less than two weeks after the Pacific region was ravaged by an underwater volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami.

The USGS data shows that the earthquake occurred at 6.40 a.m. and was centered 219 kilometers (136 miles) west-northwest of Pangai.