6.7-magnitude quake strikes off northeast NKorea: USGS

A powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off North Korea's border with China and Russia but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued, seismologists said.

A powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off North Korea's border with China and Russia on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued, seismologists said.

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The quake struck at 10:13 am (0113 GMT), 111 kilometres (69 miles) northeast of Chongjin at a depth of 562 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.

The Hawaii-based US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said the quake did not generate a destructive tsunami.