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SUVA, Fiji (AP) - Two powerful undersea earthquakes struck within seconds near Fiji on Tuesday, and officials issued a tsunami alert for the local area. No damage or injuries were immediately reported.
The first quake, with a magnitude of 6.3, occurred at 3:16 p.m. about 150 miles northeast of Vanua Levu, the main tourist spot in Fiji's chain of islands, at a depth of 18 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Seconds later, a magnitude 6.8 aftershock struck nearby, about 470 miles west of Apia, the capital of neighboring Samoa, the survey said. The second quake was much deeper, at 102 miles beneath the ocean floor.
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