7.0-magnitude Quake hits Northern Mariana Islands
5/14/2013 10:04:58 AM
A deep 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near the Northern Mariana Islands in the western Pacific on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The quake hit 42 kilometers (26 miles) west of Agrihan and 395 kilometers north of the main island Saipan, but it was at a depth of 603 kilometers and seismologists said it was too deep to cause any impact.
"There's definitely no tsunami and it was too deep and too far away from anywhere to have caused any damage."
The quake hit 42 kilometers (26 miles) west of Agrihan and 395 kilometers north of the main island Saipan, but it was at a depth of 603 kilometers and seismologists said it was too deep to cause any impact.
"There's definitely no tsunami and it was too deep and too far away from anywhere to have caused any damage."