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Earthquake of magnitude 7.4 hits New Zealand; no tsunami warning
Wellington, June 18: An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 has struck north-east of New Zealand.
The quake hit at a depth of about 33 kilometres, south of the Kermadec Islands.
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According to the US Geological Survey, the quake's epicentre is around 685 km northeast of Opotiki, a town on New Zealand's North Island.
In
its
latest
alert
to
national
authorities,
the
Pacific
Tsunami
Warning
Centre
warned
waves
are
expected
hit
Fiji,
Kermadec
Islands,
New
Caledonia,
New
Zealand,
Niue,
Tonga
and
Vanuatu.
However,
the
alert
was
later
downgraded
with
no
tsunami
threat
for
New
Zealand
or
Australia.
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