Washington, Dhu-AlQa'dah 16, 1437, Aug 19, 2016, SPA -- A 7.4-magnitude earthquake has struck off the South Georgia Island region, in the southern Atlantic Ocean, the US Geological Survey said Friday. The quake struck at 0732 GMT at a depth of 10 kilometers and about 316 kilometers east-south-east of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, dpa reported. The National Tsunami Warning Centre noted that while quakes of this size are known to generate tsunamis, there was no current danger for the US and Canada east coasts, states in the Gulf of Mexico and Puerto Rico. --SPA 14:11 LOCAL TIME 11:11 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w