6.1-magnitude quake shakes New Zealand
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck central New Zealand on Tuesday afternoon, which was widely felt across the country, but unlikely to cause major damage and fatalities, officials said.
The quake struck at 03:13 p.m. local time at a depth of 207 km, 25 km southwest of Taumarunui. A total of 15,653 reports have been filed to GeoNet, the quake information service, among which only less than 50 describing it as extreme or severe.
