A magnitude 8.1 earthquake hit 123 km east south east of Suva, Fiji, at a depth of 669 km, the US Geological Survey said on Thursday.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said no destructive Pacific-wide tsunami was expected, and there was no tsunami threat to Hawaii.

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