Quakes rattle Auckland Islands, Guam

WELLINGTON,New Zealand-A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 occurred near the Auckland Islands, uninhabited territory belonging to New Zealand, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Sunday. The agency said there was a chance of a tsunami being generated, but no tsunami warning was issued by New Zealand disaster monitoring authorities. There were no immediate reports of damage.The quake rocked the open southern ocean area at around 4:24 p.m. New Zealand time Sunday, the agency said in a statement.It occurred about 295 miles southwest of New Zealand's southernmost city of Invercargill and 125 miles northwest of the Auckland Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.Invercargill police senior sergeant Brock Davis said while one of his staff "thought they felt something (when the quake occurred) I didn't feel anything myself."He said he had no reports of a tsunami striking southern New Zealand.Earlier Sunday, a strong earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean and was felt in Guam, officials and various agencies said. No injuries, damage or tsunamis were immediately reported.The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake magnitude at 6.8 and said it occurred about 215 miles south-southeast of the U.S. territory of Guam. It had a depth of about 6.2 miles beneath the sea floor, according to the USGS.
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