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Just wondering if the NZ and Aussie members are okay, and if they felt the Earth move?
WELLINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck deep in the Pacific Ocean south of the Fiji Islands, New Zealand seismologists said on Tuesday.
The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences said the quake struck at 11.08 p.m. on Monday night (1108 GMT), and was centred 680 km (425 miles) south of the main Fiji island of Viti Levu and 694 km below sea level.
The quake was felt in New Zealand's biggest city Auckland as a slow, gentle, rolling motion, but was not reported as being felt in Fiji.
There were no reports of casualties or damage.
A New Zealand seismologist said quakes of such magnitude were recorded in the region every few years.
"It's occurred in an intense zone of deep seismicity...it's the most intense zone of such activity in the world, so that makes these things reasonably common," Terry Webb told Reuters.
The area is part of the Pacific Rim, a geologically active region, where the Indo-Australia and Pacific tectonic plates meet.
WELLINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck deep in the Pacific Ocean south of the Fiji Islands, New Zealand seismologists said on Tuesday.
The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences said the quake struck at 11.08 p.m. on Monday night (1108 GMT), and was centred 680 km (425 miles) south of the main Fiji island of Viti Levu and 694 km below sea level.
The quake was felt in New Zealand's biggest city Auckland as a slow, gentle, rolling motion, but was not reported as being felt in Fiji.
There were no reports of casualties or damage.
A New Zealand seismologist said quakes of such magnitude were recorded in the region every few years.
"It's occurred in an intense zone of deep seismicity...it's the most intense zone of such activity in the world, so that makes these things reasonably common," Terry Webb told Reuters.
The area is part of the Pacific Rim, a geologically active region, where the Indo-Australia and Pacific tectonic plates meet.
