6.3-magnitude Earthquake strikes Fiji Islands

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6.3-magnitude quake strikes Fiji Islands
By Andreena Narayan, CNN
September 7, 2010 7:32 p.m. EDT
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
No immediate reports of damage
The quake struck at 4:13 a.m. Wednesday
It was centered 100 miles from the city of Labasa on Vanua Levu
(CNN) -- A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Fiji Islands, Wednesday at 4:13 a.m. (12:13 p.m. ET Tuesday), the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The earthquake struck 100 miles from the city of Labasa on the island of Vanua Levu and roughly 220 miles from the capital of Fiji, Suva, located on the Island of Viti Levu.
The Labasa Police station reported a minute of mild shaking with no immediate reports of damage, said Chief Officer Patemosi Wate of the Police Command Center in the Northern Region of the Fiji Islands.

No tsunami bulletin was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

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