A 6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded west of the Australian island of Macquarie

An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hit western Australia’s Macquarie Island.

The island, about 1,600 km southeast of Tasmania, was felt late Saturday night.

No damage has been reported yet.

A view of Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, Australia

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The earthquake was at a depth of 10 km and is believed to have been felt shortly after 11 pm.

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake also hit the island two weeks ago, briefly putting Australia in a tsunami situation.

The island is part of Australia and is governed by Tasmania.

Macquarie Island became a Tasmanian state reserve in 1978 and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

The island lies on the boundary between the Australian plate and the Pacific plate, and has a long history of seismic activity.

People felt a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in December last year, while destructive 8.2 and 8.1-magnitude earthquakes, respectively, were recorded in 1989 and 2004.

Elsewhere, a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck large areas of Peru and Bolivia on May 26.

The earthquake struck southern Peru in the Andes mountains north of Lake Titicaca, according to the US Geological Survey.

More recently, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China’s Sichuan Province on June 1, killing four people.

State TV quoted the China Earthquake Networks Center as saying that the quake hit Lushan County, near Yan City, at 5 p.m. (0900 GMT) and had a depth of 17 km.

The epicenter was located 113 kilometers from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan.

A strong earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hit a remote county in northwest China’s Qinghai Province in January this year.

The 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the mountainous part of the province at 1.45 a.m., with its epicenter at 37.77 degrees north latitude and 101.26 degrees east longitude, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

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