A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Fiji on Sep. 6, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
The quake hit at 3:49 a.m. local time at a depth of 378 miles, the agency said. The quake hit in the Pacific Ocean.
No tsunami warning was issued after the quake. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a statement that a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected, and there is no threat to Hawaii, Maui Now reported.
The agency said there is no threat because the quake was located too deep inside the earth.
The quake hit 30 miles south of Levuka and 63 miles east-southeast of Suva. Both are located in Fiji.
It’s not clear if there were reports of damage or injuries.
Fiji is located in the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the most seismically active region in the world. About 90 percent of the world’s earthquakes are registered in the region, the USGS says. The area is also home to 75 percent of the world’s active volcanoes.
“The next most seismic region (5-6% of earthquakes) is the Alpide belt, according to the USGS. The belt extends from the Mediterranean region, eastward through Turkey, Iran, and northern India.
“The Ring of Fire isn’t quite a circular ring. It is shaped more like a 40,000-kilometer (25,000-mile) horseshoe. A string of 452 volcanoes stretches from the southern tip of South America, up along the coast of North America, across the Bering Strait, down through Japan, and into New Zealand. Several active and dormant volcanoes in Antarctica, however, ‘close’ the ring,” according to National Geographic’s summary of the area.
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