7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Mariana Islands

August 14, 2010



An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude on the struck the Mariana Islands today. The epicenter was located 1,484 kilometers northeast of, Philippines and 2,703 kilometers northeast of , at a depth of 4.7 kilometers.

The eathquake struck Mariana at 07:19 a.m. local time (09:19 p.m. Friday). The Northern Marianas emergency management office said that there were no damages reported in the nation. Also the said that there was no Tsunami indication.

No tremors were felt in any of the major islands like nor in, the capital of Guam. An aftershock measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the islands ten hours later but it did not trigger a tsunami.