Saturday, August 14, 2010

7.2 Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Mariana Islands: USGS

Saipan: An earthquake of 7.2 Magnitude Struck in the Mariana Islands region is a Saturday some 375 kilometers (230 miles) west of the U.S. Territory of Guam, U.S. geologists said.

However, the Northern Marianas Emergency Management office, Said there were no reports of Damage in the island nation, wakes up stretches Between Hawaii and the Philippines.

The Quake Struck at 7:19 am (2119 GMT Friday), With its epicentre at a depth of just 4.7 kilometers, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, Said there was no Indication of the tsunami for months.

No tremor was felt in Saipan, the largest island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain, nor in Hagatna, the capital of neighbouring Guam.

An aftershock measured at Magnitude 6.3 hit the island chain at a depth of nine kilometers some 10 hours later Not vain did trigger a tsunami warning.

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