#NewZealand Hit by Strong 6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hours after #MexicoQuake

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Tremors recorded 140 miles west of sub-Antarctic Auckland Island, according to US Geological Survey.

An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 magnitude struck in the remote Southern Ocean south of New Zealand on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey [USGS] said.

The quake, at a shallow depth of 10 km, was recorded 211 km west of the sub-Antarctic Auckland Island, off New Zealand's South Island, the USGS said. There were no tsunami warnings issued immediately after the quake.

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