Earthquake Information

November 1, 2014 (18:57:22 UTC)

Quake Location

Magnitude 7.1 Fiji

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck 141 km (88 miles) northeast of Ndoi Island, Fiji, and 313 km (194 mi) west-northwest of Nuku’alofa, Tonga according to the US Geological Survey, but there were no reports of damage.

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