The US Geological Survey reports that a massive 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the Mariana Islands on Friday morning.
According to the USGS, the significant quake occurred shortly after 6 a.m. local time (4 p.m. ET Thursday) in the Maug Islands region near Saipan, the northernmost of the Mariana Islands.
The Mariana Islands, located in the western Pacific Ocean north of the equator and northeast of Guam, are part of the United States.
It was not immediately clear if anyone was wounded.
However, as of late Friday morning, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Weather Service have issued no tsunami warnings, advisories, watches, or threats in the area.
Earthquake recorded 132 kilometers deep.
According to USGS data, the earthquake was approximately 132 miles deep.
According to the USGS projection, at least one aftershock is predicted during the following week.
A tremor follows a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan.
The tremor comes just two days after Taiwan was rocked by a huge earthquake, the largest in 25 years.
The earthquake, which was classified as a 7.4 magnitude stunner by the USGS, struck just before 8 a.m. and had killed nine people and injured over 1,000 as of Thursday.
Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines all issued and then discontinued tsunami warnings following the earthquake, while numerous tiny tsunami waves were detected in Okinawa, Japan.