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An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale was recorded at 10.21pm last night 353.68 kilometres off Nukuni Village in Ono-i-Lau Islands.

This was confirmed in a statement from the Mineral Resources Department, Seismology section in Suva this morning.

The evaluation report confirm that a moderate size earthquake with deep depth source location occured, however, it does not pose any threat to the region and they will keep monitoring the situation for any further updates.