Urgent: 5.0-magnitude quake hits Fiji region -- USGS-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.0-magnitude quake hits Fiji region -- USGS

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-09-04 02:57:00

BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Fiji region at 1831 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 619 km, was initially determined to be at 18.77 degrees south latitude and 177.46 degrees west longitude. ■