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An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale was recorded at 1:58pm today 157 kilometres off Nukuni Village in Ono-i-Lau island.

This was confirmed in a statement from the Mineral Resources Department's Seismology section in Suva this afternoon.

The evaluation report confirmed that a moderate size earthquake occurred with deep depth source location, however it did not pose any threat to the region and they would keep monitoring the situation.