Three quakes hit Fiji islands region

Three earthquakes were recorded south of the Fiji islands in the Pacific on Wednesday evening, each at a depth of around 600 km, the United States Geological Survey said.

There was no tsunami threat, Seismology Fiji said in a statement on social media.

The first earthquake of Magnitude 6.8 struck around 09.38 GMT, the second of Magnitude 7 struck around 15 minutes later, and the third of Magnitude 6.6 at 10.14 GMT, Qazet.az reports according to the USGS reports.