No damage reported as 7.1 quake strikes northwest of Guam


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  • Wednesday, 17 Sep 2014

(Reuters) - A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck 25 miles (40 km) northwest of the Pacific island Guam on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with no immediate reports of serious damage.

The quake struck at more than 100 miles (160 km) deep, USGS said, with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center adding that it was too deep to trigger a tsunami.

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