A powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the remote Kermadec islands north of New Zealand on Saturday, seismologists said. The quake struck at 12.53pm (8.53am Singapore time), 10 kilometres (six miles) south of L'Esperance Rock and 270 kilometres southwest of Raoul Island at a depth of just 10 kilometres. No tsunami warning was immediately issued.
Earthquakes and volcanic activity are common in the area, which is part of the 'Ring of Fire' where the Pacific plate of the earth's crust meets other continental plates. The Kermadec islands, 1,000 kilometres north of New Zealand, are uninhabited apart from Raoul, where New Zealand's Department of Conservation maintains a field station.
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Well 6.7 magnitude may not be great afterall.
There are at least more quakes measuring more than 7 in the Ritcher scale in Indonesia which is even more severe.
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