Earthquakes Strike Near New Zealand

Three strong earthquakes struck Sunday near New Zealand and the U.S. territory of Guam in remote parts of the Pacific Ocean. None of the quakes caused a tsunami. There were also no reports of damages, as the quakes were centered far from land. A magnitude 7.3 earthquake was registered near New Zealand's uninhabited Auckland Islands, about 300 miles southwest of its southernmost city of Invercargill, the United States Geological Survey said on its Web site. Another quake struck four hours later in the same region with a magnitude of 6.6. Earlier, a magnitude 7.1 quake shook the Pacific Ocean about 215 miles southeast of the island of Guam.