Magnitude-6.0 earthquake strikes off NZ
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A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck off New Zealand’s North Island this afternoon.
The US Geological Survey reported it was centred 205 kilometres deep and about 300 kilometres north-east of Auckland.
The tremor, which stuck about 5:15pm (local tme) was not widely felt and there are no reports of damage or injury.
A shallow magnitude-6.3 quake devastated Christchurch in February last year, leaving 185 people dead.
New Zealand is on the boundary of the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates, and experiences up to 15,000 tremors a year.
AFP