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| 5.6 quake shakes New Zealand’s North Island | 5.6 quake shakes New Zealand’s North Island |
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| New Zealand has been hit by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake off North Island, USGS reports, just hours after Japan suffered a 7.4 magnitude jolt and a series of aftershocks off the Fukushima coast which unleashed tsunami waves. | New Zealand has been hit by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake off North Island, USGS reports, just hours after Japan suffered a 7.4 magnitude jolt and a series of aftershocks off the Fukushima coast which unleashed tsunami waves. |
| READ MORE: 7.3 quake off Fukushima triggers imminent tsunami | |
| The earthquake, initially estimated at magnitude 6.3, was registered at a depth of 37km (23 miles) and centered off the coast of North Island, some 121km (75 miles) from Palmerston North. | The earthquake, initially estimated at magnitude 6.3, was registered at a depth of 37km (23 miles) and centered off the coast of North Island, some 121km (75 miles) from Palmerston North. |
| Tuesday’s quake comes amid a tsunami scare in Japan and just over a week after a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck South Island on November 14, also triggering a tsunami and a series of aftershocks which left at least two people dead. | |
| READ MORE: New 6.2 aftershock shakes New Zealand after powerful 7.8 earthquake kills at least 2 | |
| New Zealand is regularly hit by earthquakes because it sits in between the Indo-Australian and Pacific tectonic plates. |