A major earthquake (magnitude 7.4) hit 90 km south of Macquarie Island, Australia, this morning at 10:30 am local time. No tsunami was generated. Macquarie Island is a subantarctic island and a part of the state of Tasmania, Australia. Macquarie Island is on the Macquarie Ridge at the junction of the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates. Large earthquakes (6 or greater on the Richter scale) occur approximately once a year.
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- John Seach is a scientist and the world's leading volcano adventurer. Over the past 24 years John has traveled to the world's most exciting volcanoes, and witnessed eruptions during trips to more than 200 volcanoes. John's work has been featured on award winning television programmes. John is the founder of "Volcano Live", the world's first volcano news and volcano travel website.