WORLD OF CRISIS

Feb 13, 2009

Strong quake hits remote islands off New Zealand

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rattled the remote Kermadec islands north of New Zealand on Friday, the US Geological Survey
reported.

The epicentre of the undersea quake, recorded at 0024 IST, was 232 kilometres south of Raoul Island and at a depth of 35 kilometres.

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.

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