The Mariana Islands are an archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean. They are made up of two U.S. territories, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The islands sit about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines. The islands' climates though damp are healthy. The heat is tempered by the trade winds, however it is milder than that of the Philippines.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Rota Island in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Photo Credit: CT Snow"]
[/caption]Read on the next page what the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a tsunami warning after the earthquake. This is good, it means that the people on the islands are likely to be safe despite what happened.
"We wouldn't expect any kind of significant tsunami for this event," said the center's director, Charles McCreery, noting that the quake's magnitude was relatively low to provoke one.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, emergency management officials said. This is also good. Hopefully, nothing big happened.
The quake struck about 375 kilometers (233 miles) west-southwest of Hagatna, Guam, and 445 kilometers (276 miles) west-southwest of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands.
The exact location was: 12.409°N, 141.487°E
It ran 4.7 kilometers (2.9 miles) deep.
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