Earthquake Near New Zealand
Andrea Moore - All Headline News Staff Reporter
Wellington, New Zealand (AHN) -The U.S. Geological Survery says a powerful earthquake has hit deep under the South Pacific near an uninhabited chain of islands north of New Zealand. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a bulletin saying the quake has not generated a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami but warned it could spawn a small tsunami within 60 miles of its epicenter. The survey says the quake hit at 10:39 p.m. 148 kilometers (90 miles) below the seabed about 290 kilometers (180 miles) south-southwest of Raoul Island, which is 1,140 kilometers (712 miles) northeast of New Zealand's largest city, Auckland.
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