Powerful quake rocks Kermadecs (Source: Reuters)
Published: 10:44AM Wednesday August 19, 2009
Source: ONE News
Reuters
A powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake has struck off the remote Kermadec Islands north of New Zealand on Wednesday morning.
The quake struck at 9:20 am, 370 kilometres north of Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands at a depth of 280 kilometres.
No tsunami warning was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.
The Kermadec islands are uninhabited apart from Raoul, where New Zealand's Department of Conservation maintains a field station.
They lie 800 - 1000 km northeast of the North Island.
Published: 10:44AM Wednesday August 19, 2009
Source: ONE News
Reuters
A powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake has struck off the remote Kermadec Islands north of New Zealand on Wednesday morning.
The quake struck at 9:20 am, 370 kilometres north of Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands at a depth of 280 kilometres.
No tsunami warning was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.
The Kermadec islands are uninhabited apart from Raoul, where New Zealand's Department of Conservation maintains a field station.
They lie 800 - 1000 km northeast of the North Island.
