October 09, 2014 08:29 am | Updated May 23, 2016 04:08 pm IST
An earthquake with an initial magnitude of 6.8 struck off Easter Island early on Thursday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said, but added there was no threat of a tsunami.
The quake hit at 2.15 a.m. GMT (7.45 a.m. IST) and was centred in an isolated spot of the southeast Pacific Ocean, around 570 km south of Easter Island, at a depth of 10 km.
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