Huge 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Fiji in Ring of Fire region

A major 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Fiji coast on Friday, but no tsunami threat was issued.

The quake struck 123 km east south east of Suva, Fiji, the US Geological Survey said.

The epicentre of the tremor was 63 miles (102km) southeast of the capital Suva.

It was downgraded from an initial reading of 8.1 by the USGS.


Fri 7 Sep 2018 at 08:42