Update: 12:06PM AN earthquake was recorded in the south of Fiji and another in the Tonga region this morning.

The Mineral Resources Department’s Seismology Unit said a 5.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded 818 kilometres south from Suva at 12:12am.

It was at a depth of 70 kilometres and was located 795km southwest from Nuku’alofa in Tonga and 606km south-southwest from Nukuni village on Ono-i-Lau.

At 10:25am, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded at a depth of 60km in the Tonga region.

It was 102km northwest from Nuku’alofa, 279km east from Ono-i-Lau and 640km southeast from Suva.

There was no threat of a tsunami being generated from the two earthquakes.

Meanwhile, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded at a depth of 109km at 10:13pm yesterday in the east of Australia.