BREAKING: Two HUGE earthquakes strike Pacific – tsunami information issued
TWO strong earthquakes measuring magnitudes of 6.5 and 5.0 have struck the same region of the Pacific Ocean, sparking assurances a tsunami is not expected.
By JOEY MILLAR
Express.co.uk
Sun, Jan 28, 2018
The two earthquakes struck in the same region of the coean around 1300 miles from the southern coast of South Africa.
The first struck at 2.03pm GMT and registered 6.5.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued an alert assuring those living near the South African and South American coasts a tsunami was not expected.
They posed a bulletin which said: “AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.5 OCCURRED SOUTHWEST OF AFRICA AT 1603 UTC ON SUNDAY JANUARY 28 2018.
“BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA… THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT.”
Two hours later at 6.09pm GMT a second, smaller but still strong 5.0 earthquake was registered in the same region of the Pacific.
No tsunami information regarding this second earthquake has yet been issued.
More to follow…
