Strong earthquake hits Fiji

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck the Fiji region early yesterday, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake hit at 4.13 a.m. (1613 GMT on Tuesday) and was centred 727 kilometres northwest of the...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck the Fiji region early yesterday, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

The quake hit at 4.13 a.m. (1613 GMT on Tuesday) and was centred 727 kilometres northwest of the Tongan capital Nuku’alofa, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres.

The region lies in the “Pacific ring of fire”, a highly active earthquake and volcanic zone that regularly experiences quakes.

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