Earthquake Information

June 15, 2019 (22:55:02 UTC)

Quake Location

Magnitude 7.2 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred in the Kermadec Islands, about 800 km northeast of New Zealand’s North Island at a depth of 34.4 km.

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