A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Sunday near Tonga, a nation of more than 170 islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

The quake prompted a brief “Tsunami Threat” for Tonga. Preliminary reports from ... U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that ...

There are some major updates to Google Maps, Street View, and Google Earth to know about – and the new and upgraded features ...