For Lieutenant Jokaveti (Sue) Waqanivalu, being in Tonga's remote Ha'apai islands with the New Zealand Army's Exercise Tropic Twilight reminded her of her home country Fiji.
Volcanic activities at Tofua Volcano have ceased in the last seven days. The Tofua Volcano is now considered safe for sailors to travel and navigate, the Volcano Watch Team of the Tonga Geological Services stated today, after satellite images monitoring the thermal anomaly of Tofua showed that it remains at its normal state.
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 110 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga (68 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake was picked up at 14:05:40/2:05 pm (UTC/GMT).