Xinhua News Agency, Suva, March 20 (Reporter Zhang Yongxing) An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 occurred on the morning of the 20th in the southern waters of the South Pacific island country Fiji.

There have been no reports of casualties or property damage.

  According to the USGS Earthquake Information Network, the earthquake occurred at 9:24 local time on the 20th (5:24 Beijing time), with the epicenter at 25.327 degrees south latitude and 176.212 degrees west longitude, with a focal depth of 21 kilometers.

  The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has not issued a tsunami warning for this earthquake.

  Fiji is located in the Pacific Rim of Volcanic Seismic Belt, and earthquakes occur frequently due to the collision of tectonic plates.