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Quake measuring 7.4 hits Ascension Island in Atlantic Ocean
Georgetown (Ascension Island), Aug 29: A powerful but shallow earthquake measuring 7.4 hit north of the Ascension Island in central Atlantic Ocean on Monday (aug 29) morning, said the US Geological Survey (USGS).
7.4 magnitude #earthquake north of Ascension Island. #Tsunami NOT expected; U.S. Atlantic or Gulf Coast. pic.twitter.com/K9t3je6xgL
— Breaking911 Weather (@B911Weather) August 29, 2016
The agency said the quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres. The epicentre of the quake was located 951 kilometres north-northwest of Georgetown, Ascension Island.
The area of the quake has no human habitation within 100 kilometres.
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