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6.3 magnitude earthquake hits Samoa region
October-2-2009
Xinhua, October 2, 2009
An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck off the Pacific island kingdom of Tonga and the Samoa Islands on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake, which occurred at 02:07 p.m. local time Friday (01: 07 GMT), was centered 545 km northeast of Nuku'alofa, the capital of Tonga.
It was at a depth of 10 km.
There were no reports of casualties and damage so far.
No tsunami warning had been issued by the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
It came two days after a giant tremor caused a devastating tsunami which killed almost 150 people.


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