PACIFIC OCEAN - The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports that there is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after an earthquake occurred this morning in the vicinity of Fiji.
Audio by Hawaii County Civil Defense, issued August Sept. 1, 2019.
(BIVN) – A Magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck in the vicinity of Fiji this morning, but a tsunami was not generated, emergency officials say.
The quake occurred 213 miles southeast of Levuka, Fiji at 5:54 a.m. HST, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.
Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense issued a message at 6:30 a.m., saying that the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center confirmed there is no tsunami threat to the Island and State of Hawaiʻi.
A Civil Defense radio message was also distributed.
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PACIFIC OCEAN - The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports that there is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after an earthquake occurred this morning in the vicinity of Fiji.
Audio by Hawaii County Civil Defense, issued August Sept. 1, 2019.
(BIVN) – A Magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck in the vicinity of Fiji this morning, but a tsunami was not generated, emergency officials say.
The quake occurred 213 miles southeast of Levuka, Fiji at 5:54 a.m. HST, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.
Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense issued a message at 6:30 a.m., saying that the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center confirmed there is no tsunami threat to the Island and State of Hawaiʻi.
A Civil Defense radio message was also distributed.