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Earthquake jolts seas south of Fiji Islands
www.chinaview.cn 2006-02-26 18:05:44

    HONG KONG, Feb. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted seas south of Fiji Islands at 11:20 a.m. Hong Kong time (0320 GMT)) on Sunday.

    According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the epicenter was initially determined to be 23.5 south latitude and 179.9 east longitude, about 630 kilometers southeast of Suva. Enditem

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