MELBOURNE, Australia — A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck within the South Pacific close to the island nation of Samoa on Friday, however prompted no obvious harm.
The quake occurred 440 kilometers (273 miles) southwest of the capital Apia at a depth of 314 kilometers (195 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey stated.
Jarrett Malifa, a employees member on the Samoa Observer information web site, stated no harm or harm has been reported.
Malifa stated in a e-mail Samoa Meteorological Companies had confirmed there was no tsunami risk.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Heart in Honolulu additionally assessed there was no tsunami risk.
Samoa sits on the “Ring of Fireplace,” an arc of seismic faults across the Pacific Ocean the place earthquakes and volcanoes are widespread.
In 2009, two massive earthquakes struck halfway between Samoa and American Samoa, a U.S. territory. The earthquakes generated tsunami waves that killed no less than 192 individuals in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.