5.5-magnitude quake hits south of Fiji Island

 

by IANS |

New York, Sep 1 (IANS) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted south of the Fiji Islands at 9:45 p.m, the US Geological Survey said.

The earthquake took place on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.

The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 21.5595 degrees south latitude and 175.5976 degrees east longitude.

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