A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck New Zealand’s Kermadec archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. It has been reported USGS (USGS).
It was recorded that the tremors occurred at 0:55 UTC (03:55 Moscow time), 983 km from Ohonua village of the Kingdom of Tonga, where 1.2 thousand people live. According to seismologists, the source lay at a depth of 22 km.
Data on possible losses and destruction were not received.
Earlier, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that it was off the southern coast of the Philippines. dead 5.3 magnitude earthquake. Tremors were recorded at 180 km at 21:25 UTC (0:25 Moscow time) near the village of Sarangani, where 7.5 thousand people live.
Before that, Disaster Management Authority (AFAD) reportedAn earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 occurred in Kahramanmaraş. It was noted that the focal point of the seismic activity was at a depth of 5.3 km.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 dead in Argentina.