Jump to content

Strong earthquake strikes the North Pacific Ocean, northeast of Hawaii


Recommended Posts

Posted

Strong earthquake strikes the North Pacific Ocean, northeast of Hawaii

2010-12-23 05:29:49 GMT+7 (ICT)

HONOLULU (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck the North Pacific Ocean on late Wednesday morning, hundreds of miles off Hawaii, seismologists said.

The 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck about 873 miles (1404 kilometers) northeast off Hilo, Hawaii. It struck about 8.1 miles (13 kilometers) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.

The tsunami warning center said no tsunami was expected.

tvn.png

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2010-12-23

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



×
×
  • Create New...