Earthquake Information

March 16, 2023 (00:56:02 UTC)

Quake Location

Magnitude 7.0 Kermadec Islands

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in the Kermadec Islands at a depth of 22.1 km. The Kermadec Islands are the tiny emergent part of a chain of submarine volcanoes that define the Kermadec Ridge. There are no permanent settlements on the islands.

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