08-03-2006, 10:47 AM
August 2, 2006 12:50 p.m. EST
Ankit Gupta - All Headline News Staff Writer
Wellington, New Zealand (AHN) - Preliminary reports are noting that a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck under the sea off New Zealand's North Island, but was too deep to trigger a tsunami.
The quake at 12:46 pm local time occurred at a depth of 198.72 miles, 471.96 miles north of North Island's East Cape, according to a seismological agency.
The Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Management said the quake's magnitude was under the pacific tsunami warning center's threshold of 6.5 for issuing a warning bulletin.
New Zealand, which sits above an area where two tectonic plates are colliding, experiences more than 14,000 earthquakes a year. Some 150 are felt and fewer than 10 cause any damage, reports Press Trust of India sources.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004409957
Ankit Gupta - All Headline News Staff Writer
Wellington, New Zealand (AHN) - Preliminary reports are noting that a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck under the sea off New Zealand's North Island, but was too deep to trigger a tsunami.
The quake at 12:46 pm local time occurred at a depth of 198.72 miles, 471.96 miles north of North Island's East Cape, according to a seismological agency.
The Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Management said the quake's magnitude was under the pacific tsunami warning center's threshold of 6.5 for issuing a warning bulletin.
New Zealand, which sits above an area where two tectonic plates are colliding, experiences more than 14,000 earthquakes a year. Some 150 are felt and fewer than 10 cause any damage, reports Press Trust of India sources.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004409957
