Recently the big news has come on the internet that a strong earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck the Kermadec Islands in New Zealand and this incident took place on Saturday. Recently this news has come on the internet and as soon as this news circulated on social media uncounted reactions started hitting the headlines on the internet. Now this news has been gaining huge attention from the people as many people are searching this news on the internet as they are very curious to know about whole information about the incident. We have more information about the news and will share it with you in this article.
As per the report, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) stated that the earthquake hit at around 7:41 local time on Saturday and was centered about 79 (49 miles) Kilometers southwest of Raoul Island, the biggest of the Kermadec Islands or 995 Kilometers (618 miles) northeast of Auckland. As we all know now many people must be very curious to know how many people were dead and injured but currently, there is no information about it any dead or any kind of injured people. You are on the right page for more information about the news, so please read the complete article.
Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Strikes Kermadec Islands
Reportedly, the United States Geological Survey stated that the initial magnitude of the earthquake was 6.9. It got stuck about 205 kilometers below the ocean floor, causing a relatively deep earthquake.No tsunami warnings have been issued after the earthquake.
“Based on all unrestricted data a dangerous Pacific-wide tsunami is not anticipated,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center stated in a brief statement. New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands and the surrounding areas as an entire are part of the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin which is sensitive to big quakes. You are on the right page for more information about the news.
Since the news has come on the internet it went viral on many social networking sites. This news gained huge attention from the people as they are very curious to know about the whole information about the earthquake. Many people are very shocked by this tragic incident. But still, there is no information about anybody who died and was injured due to an earthquake. Here we have shared all the information which we had. If we will get any information about the news then we will update you soon. Stay tuned to Dekh News for more updates.
