EMA
Earthquake Advisory next 72 hours to two weeks
Ten
earthquakes measuring more than magnitude 4.9 have been recorded in
the Kermadec region north of New Zealand in the past 24 hours.
The
largest was a magnitude 6.4 quake.
GeoNet
said it has been monitoring what it calls an active sequence in the
region.
The
quakes have been largely unfelt and have not posed a threat to New
Zealand.
It
said the sequence was considered to be heightened activity for the
region, and was not uncommon and did not mean there was a bigger
quake coming.
"There
is an active plate boundary in this region (extending up from the
Hikurangi Subduction Zone in [New Zealand] up towards Tonga), that
has the potential to cause earthquakes large enough to produce
tsunami."
GeoNet
warned large earthquakes could occur at any time in
seismically-active zones.
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