Earthquake off coast of New Zealand

Large quake triggered false alerts in NZ

A large earthquake located to the south of Raoul Island has triggered several quake alerts in New Zealand.

NZ Herald,

12 October, 2013

The shallow magnitude 6.3 quake, which hit at 10.24am at a depth of 33km, was centred just south of Raoul Island - hundreds of kilometres north of New Zealand, GNS said.

The jolt triggered two false quake recordings in New Zealand's North Island around the same time.

A spokesman from GNS confirmed the initial data showing quakes near Pongaroa and on the East Cape had occurred were wrong.