Powerful earthquake hits New Zealand, no tsunami
risk

Posted : Sun, 30 Sep
2007 13:08:04 GMT

Author : Xinhua

Category : Environment

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Wellington, Sep 30
(Xinhua) A powerful earthquake Sunday hit the Auckland
Islands, south of New Zealand mainland, but there is no
indication of a serious tsunami risk, said the ministry
of civil defence and emergency management.

A statement released by the ministry described
the earthquake, which occurred at about 18.23 (0523
GMT), as 'moderate' and was between magnitude 7.3 and
7.4 on the Richter scale.

The director of the ministry, John Hamilton, said
that there was nothing to suggest that a tsunami of any
size has been generated.

As a precaution, the Otago and Southland Civil
Defence Emergency Management groups have been advised.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) in
Hawaii has stated that there is no risk of a
Pacific-wide tsunami but a small local tsunami could in
theory be generated.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake
was a shallow 18.9 km deep and was 475 km south west of
Invercargill. It was 205 km from the unpopulated
Auckland Islands.

There are no reports of damages so far.

(c) Indo-Asian News
Service

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