Magnitude 5.1 quake strikes New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands

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Magnitude 5.1 quake strikes New Zealand's Kermadec Islands.

WELLINGTON, TGO: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 jolted Kermadec Islands northeast of New Zealand’s north island, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported that the quake’s epicenter hit at a depth of 10 kilometers below sea level.