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Powerful quake hits off Pacific Islands

The quake struck at 2315 IST, 138 kilometres east of Tadine in the Loyalty Islands at a depth of four kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.

Updated on: Oct 14, 2007, 04:39:36 IST
AFP | By , Noumea
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A powerful 6.1-magnitude quake struck on Saturday in the Pacific Ocean near a group of islands that form part of the French territory of New Caledonia, seismologists said.

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The quake struck at 2315 IST, 138 kilometres east of Tadine in the Loyalty Islands at a depth of four kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.

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