Strong Earthquake Near Tonga and Fiji

A strong earthquake struck near Fiji and Tonga late this afternoon, New Zealand time.

Tuesday, 26th September 2017

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near Fiji and Tonga at 5:20 p.m. New Zealand Daylight Time today.

The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the earthquake was magnitude 6.4 centred 336 km south-south-west of Nuku’alofa (Tonga), 782 km south-east of Suva (Fiji) at a depth of 100 km.

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