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Strong earthquake strikes Fiji Islands
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-11-09 20:10

HONG KONG: An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit the Fiji Islands at 6:56 pm Hong Kong time (1056 GMT) on Monday, according to a bulletin released by the Hong Kong Observatory.

The epicenter was initially determined at 17.2 degrees south latitude and 178.4 degrees east longitude, about 99 km north of Suva.