DHAKA: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale struck off Fiji on Tuesday (September 26), reports Reuters.

However, there is no threat of a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) said.

The quake, at a depth of 104km, was south of the Fijian islands in the South Pacific, the Hawaii-based PTWC said.

The US Geological Survery measured the quake, which occurred Tuesday at 1619 Fiji Time, at a depth of 98 kilometres.

According to disaster response authorities in Fiji, the quake's epicentre was 846km south east of Suva, which is just to the west of the Tongan trench.

The co-ordinates of the quake are 23.713°S 176.937°W.

BDST: 1154 HRS, SEP 26, 2017
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