New Zealand: magnitude 7.2 earthquake and magnitude 6.3 aftershock

The United States Geological Survey, USGS, which monitors seismic activity around the world, has placed the earthquake hypocentre 35 kilometers below the seabed.

The same agency located the quake at 880 kilometers northeast of Whangarei and 908 km north of Tauranga, two localities north of the North Island of New Zealand.

The earthquake occurred in the same region that a few hours ago had been shaken by another earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2, after a preliminary badessment of 7.4, which had led the neo-American authorities to civil defense to launch a tsunami warning.

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The alert was triggered about ten minutes later, as was another alert issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which however warned of sea level fluctuations near l & # 39; epicenter.

Kermadec, located between the North Island of New Zealand and Tonga, is uninhabited, with the exception of the staff at the base permanently installed in Raoul, which has a weather and radio station.

New Zealand is located between the tectonic plates of the Pacific and Oceania and records about 14,000 earthquakes each year, of which 100 to 150 have enough power to be perceived.