No tsunami threat for Fiji after Tonga earthquake

By Semi Turaga

Tuesday 05/11/2019

The Mineral Resources Department has confirmed there is no tsunami threat for Fiji after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake off Tonga.

The quake was shallow, estimated at a depth of just 10 kilometres by the Pacific Tsunami Centre in Hawaii.

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