Powerful earthquake hits near South Pole
Sunday, August 20, 2006 (Tokyo):
A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 hit near the South Pole, Japan's weather agency said Sunday.
The temblor struck at around 0341 GMT, Japan's Meteorological Agency reported. It did not indicate the quake's depth.
The quake's magnitude is sufficient to produce a tsunami in shallow waters, the agency said. It added that the quake posed no tsunami threat to Japan. (AP)
2 different quakes? 1 near the South Pole and 1 near the Sandwich Islands?