WELLINGTON (New Zealand) - THE US Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck near a group of South Pacific islands. There are no reports of damage or risk of tsunami.
A statement by the USGS says the quake struck on Sunday 19km under the Kermadec Islands, a New Zealand group with no permanent population that lies 1,000km east of the city of Auckland.
New Zealand has been shaken by a series of quakes and aftershocks since the city of Christchurch was devastated by a temblor on Feb 22 that killed 181 people.
New Zealand sits above an area where two tectonic plates collide. The country records more than 14,000 earthquakes a year - but only about 150 are felt by residents, and fewer than 10 a year do any damage.
A small US religious group had predicted that Judgment Day would begin a day earlier, on Saturday, with an earthquake in New Zealand.
-- AP
Are you allowed to post news outside Singapore?
Originally posted by Gus.chong:Are you allowed to post news outside Singapore?
yes, my forum I don't restrict to just local news..
and TS original post was some advertising therefore I edited..
Originally posted by QX179R:yes, my forum I don't restrict to just local news..
and TS original post was some advertising therefore I edited..
Ok. Thank you. I will try to post worldwide news if I can.
a minor earthquake does not equate to armageddon just as a swallow do not make a summer.