A massive quake of magnitude 8.2 struck in the Pacific Ocean close to Fiji and Tonga this morning. The US Tsunami Warning Center said the quake was too deep to cause a tsunami. The quake was initially reported as a magnitude 8.0 and then upgraded to 8.2, a magnitude that could cause tremendous damage had it not been so deep. The epicentre was located 270 km east of Levuka in Fiji.
Magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes in Pacific close to Fiji & Tonga
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