<div class="header-sections-wrapper"><h2 class="header-sections" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(World Today Friday 9 September 2016)</span></h2></div><div class="block block-views even" id="block-views-article-title-block"><div class="view view-article-title view-id-article_title view-display-id-block view-dom-id-0d131d5b6908d3d5540e87676f104753"><div class="view-content"><div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"><div><span><h1 class="title" id="page-title" style="text-align: center;">Strong 6.3 quake strikes off Australian Antarctic base</h1></span> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="block block-views odd" id="block-views-abbbed293fc232acd042f79d5c8059a0"><div class="view view-article-main-highlight-view view-id-article_main_highlight_view view-display-id-block view-dom-id-8747d361f8cd76d727e0aa57a99d5033"><div class="view-content"><div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last" style="text-align: center;"><article class="node-2384116 article node node-article node-promoted view-mode-highlight_article clearfix" about="/world/australia/strong-63-quake-strikes-australian-antarctic-base" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"><header><a title="Map: USGS" href="http://www.todayonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/photo_gallery_image_lightbox/public/photos/43_images/tsyaus.png?itok=HoJ6ORJN" rel="lightbox"><img width="560" height="420" style="clear: none; float: none;" alt="Strong 6.3 quake strikes off Australian Antarctic base" src="https://img1.daumcdn.net/relay/cafe/original/?fname=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.todayonline.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fphoto_gallery_image%2Fpublic%2Fphotos%2F43_images%2Ftsyaus.png%3Fitok%3DGy5Vhsbv" typeof="foaf:Image"></a> </header><div id="photo-highlight"><div class="description"><strong> Map: USGS</strong> </div></div></article><!-- /.node --> </div></div></div></div><div class="block block-views last even" id="block-views-photo-gallery-view-block"><div class="view view-photo-gallery-view view-id-photo_gallery_view view-display-id-block view-dom-id-1bcb2662e3e726e48f587d978e3bbab5"><div class="view-content"><div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"></div></div></div></div><div id="content-main"><div class="inner"><article class="node-2384116 node node-article node-promoted view-mode-full inline clearfix" about="/world/australia/strong-63-quake-strikes-australian-antarctic-base" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" data-nid="2384116"><div class="field-name-field-article-abstract"></div><div class="social-links"><p class="whatsapp-share last"><a class="wa_btn wa_btn_s" style="margin: 1px; display: none;" href="whatsapp://send/" data-href="http://www.todayonline.com/world/australia/strong-63-quake-strikes-australian-antarctic-base" data-text="Your sharing text will come here."><u><font color="#0066cc">Share</font></u></a><br></p></div><div class="authoring full-date"><span class="date-label">Published: </span><span class="date-value">7:05 AM, September 9, 2016</span></div><div class="authoring full-date"></div><div class="authoring"></div><div class="content"><p><br></p><p>SYDNEY – A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on Friday (Sept 9) southwest of remote Macquarie Island where Australia maintains a small Antarctic base, officials said, but no injuries or damage were reported.</p><p>The tremor hit at a depth of 10 kilometres some 29 kilometres from the island, which lies in the Pacific Ocean about half-way between Australia and Antarctica, the US Geological Survey said.</p><div class="teads-inread"><div style="position: relative;"><div class="teads-ui-components-label">"We have been in touch with the base and they did feel it, but only slightly. They're all fine and there is no damage," an Australian Antarctic Division spokeswoman told AFP.</div></div></div><p>No tsunami warning was issued.</p><p>Macquarie Island, which is 34 kilometres long and just five kilometres wide, hosts the permanent Antarctic base on a narrow, windswept strip of land.</p><p>The number of expeditioners on site varies from 14 to 40 depending on the season or research projects being undertaken. <strong>AFP</strong><br></p></div></article></div></div><p><br></p>
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