Fiji Islands Hit By Powerful 8.2-Magnitude Earthquake - US Geological Survey
Fakhir Rizvi Published August 19, 2018 | 05:48 AM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th August, 2018) The Pacific archipelago of Fiji was hit on Sunday by a powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake, the US Geological Survey said.
According to first estimations, the Fiji Islands were hit by the 7.9-magnitude earthquake.
The tremors were registered at 00:19 GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 281 kilometers (about 175 miles) northeast of the Ndoi Island at the depth of 560 kilometers.
The Fiji Islands are located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffer from powerful earthquakes.
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