A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands, northeast of New Zealand. There is no tsunami threat to New Zealand and no tsunami warning was issued so far.
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.3
Date-Time • 27 Jun 2019 11:04:57 UTC
• 26 Jun 2019 23:04:57 near epicenter
Location 30.386S 179.233W
Depth 10 km
Distances • 823.9 km (510.8 mi) NE of Ngunguru, New Zealand
• 844.3 km (523.5 mi) NE of Whangarei, New Zealand
• 904.0 km (560.5 mi) NE of North Shore, New Zealand
• 907.4 km (562.6 mi) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
• 909.2 km (563.7 mi) NNE of Whakatane, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 8.5 km; Vertical 1.8 km
Parameters Nph = 78; Dmin = 178.5 km; Rmss = 1.22 seconds; Gp = 56°
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