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| Earthquake Hits Deep Under South Pacific By Associated Press January 2, 2006, 6:37 PM EST SUVA, Fiji -- A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit deep under the South Pacific near Fiji Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it did not expect the quake, which happened 579 kilometers (360 miles) below the earth's surface, to trigger a damaging Pacific-wide tsunami. The temblor hit at 2213 GMT about 100 kilometers north-northeast of the remote Fijian island of Ndoi, the USGS said. Lasarusa Veutibau, a seismologist at Fiji's Mines and Resources Department, said the quake was too deep to have been felt anywhere in the Fiji islands. Fiji is regularly hit by earthquakes as its 332 islands -- about 110 of which are inhabited -- sit in an active seismic area in the South Pacific. (mcc) |
| QUOTE (Adolf Chiang @ Jan 3 2006, 04:57 PM) |
| I hope that it ain't gonna cause a tsunami! |
| QUOTE (samf @ Jan 3 2006, 09:44 PM) |
| Wouldn't you have heard about it by the time you posted? |
| QUOTE (JPAR @ Jan 5 2006, 12:35 PM) |
| Help i'm drowning. |