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Fiji earthquake: Tsunami threat after 7.2 earthquake strikes pacific ocean Fiji earthquake: Tsunami warning lifted after 6.9 earthquake strikes in Pacific Ocean
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An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 has struck south of Fiji in the Pacific Ocean. An magnitude 6.9 earthquake has struck south of Fiji in the Pacific Ocean.
A tsunami threat message was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre after the quake hit at 11:53am local time (9:53pm GMT). A tsunami threat message was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre after the quake hit at 11.52am local time (9.52pm GMT).
"Hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within 300km of the epicentre along the coasts of Fiji," it said."Hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within 300km of the epicentre along the coasts of Fiji," it said.
The earthquake was six miles deep. There is no tsunami threat to Hawaii or New Zealand, authorities confirmed. The warning centre later lifted the alert, saying the threat "had passed" while urging people to remain vigilant for minor fluctuations in sea level that could occur.
More follows The earthquake's epicentre was measured at almost 11 miles (17km) deep along the boundary between the Australia and Pacific continental plates, the US Geological Survey said.
No casualties or serious damage were immediately reported. There is no tsunami threat to Hawaii or New Zealand, authorities confirmed.
Fiji lies within the "Ring of Fire", a seismically active region that seas frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions because of the shifting tectonic plates beneath.
A 2004 quake and tsunami killed a total of 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Aceh, Indonesia. 
Tuesday's quake, originally measured at magnitude 7.2, came shortly after a magnitude 3.8 tremor was recorded in the North Sea, off the coast of North Yorkshire.