Magnitude 5.1 quake strikes New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands

Magnitude 5.1 quake strikes New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands

WELLINGTON, 18th June, 2022 (WAM) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 jolted Kermadec Islands northeast of New Zealand’s north island, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported that the quake’s epicenter hit at a depth of 10 kilometres below sea level.