Kermadec Islands in New Zealand Struck by 7.3 Magnitude Quake

There was no tsunami warning by New Zealand's Ministry of Civil Defense following the quake. There was "no destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data" for the Kermadec area, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center website.

The Kermadec Islands are largely uninhabited. Only the Kermadec's Raoul Island is inhabited with up to six New Zealand Department of Conservation workers living there at any time.

According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the quake was centered about 630 miles south-southwest of Nuku'alofa, Tonga and was recorded in Hong Kong at 4:19 a.m. Tuesday, New Zealand time.

The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at 7.0 and said its depth was 12.5 miles.

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