Quake Rocks Islands Near New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A powerful earthquake hit deep under the South Pacific late Tuesday near an uninhabited chain of islands north of New Zealand, and it rocked a wide area of the country, but no damage or injuries were reported. The Pacific Warning Center issued a bulletin saying the magnitude 7.4 quake had not generate a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami but warned it could spawn a small tsunami within 60 miles of its epicenter. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 10:39 p.m. (6:39 a.m. EDT) about 90 miles below the seabed, and was centered about 180 miles south-southwest of Raoul Island, which is 712 miles northeast of New Zealand's largest city, Auckland. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060516/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_ earthquake;_ylt=At03s.obKpIPfDzOu9yGQcWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2 Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ-- Powerful Quake Strikes Deep Under South Pacific