Strrong earthquake strikes south of Fiji Islands

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A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday about 447 miles south of Suva, Fiji.

Preliminary Earthquake Report Magnitude 6.6
Date-Time 4 May 2014 09:15:53 UTC

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday about 447 miles south of Suva, Fiji.

Preliminary Earthquake Report Magnitude 6.6
Date-Time 4 May 2014 09:15:53 UTC
4 May 2014 21:15:53 near epicenter
3 May 2014 22:15:53 standard time in your time zone

Location 24.642S 179.084E
Depth 527 km
Distances 497 km (308 mi) SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji
703 km (435 mi) SW of Nuku`alofa, Tonga
722 km (447 mi) S of Suva, Fiji
777 km (481 mi) SSE of Nadi, Fiji
911 km (564 mi) S of Lambasa, Fiji

Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 7.8 km
Parameters Nph = 91; Dmin = 590.0 km; Rmss = 1.25 seconds; Gp = 25ยฐ
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