Earthquake magnitude 6.0 struck off South Pacific island, Samoa
WELLINGTON: Earthquake magnitude 6.0 struck off South Pacific island, Samoa, An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck off the South Pacific island nation of Samoa on Thursday, seismologists reported, two weeks after a violent quake caused a tsunami that devastated Tonga, Samoa and American Samoa.
No immediate tsunami alert was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii following the quake, which struck at 6:00 am (1800 GMT Wednesday) at a narrow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles).
The epicentre was 365 kilometres southwest the Samoan capital of Apia, the US Geological Survey said.
Earthquake magnitude 6.0 struck off South Pacific island, Samoa was first posted on October 15, 2009 at 7:27 am.
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