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The earthquake source lay at a depth of 10 kilometers
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The epicenter of the tremors was in the sea about 995 kilometers northeast of the city of Whangarei.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 was recorded in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Kermadec archipelago, which is part of New Zealand. About reported The US Geological Survey is this Tuesday, August 31st.
It is indicated that the epicenter of the earthquake was in the sea about 995 kilometers northeast of the city of Whangarei (with a population of about 50.9 thousand people). The hearth lay at a depth of 10 kilometers.
Information about casualties, destruction or the threat of a tsunami has not yet been reported.
We will remind, on August 14 in Haiti there was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2. Then about 2 thousand people died, more than 9 thousand were affected. As a result of the disaster, more than 100 thousand buildings in the region were destroyed in whole or in part.
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