Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes New Zealand: EMSC
The quake took place at 7.38pm local time
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale has occurred 78km northwest of Lower Hutt in New Zealand, according to the (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) EMSC. The quake took place at 7.38pm local time.
his comes just over a week after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake, and a series of debilitating aftershocks, shook the south of Turkey and northern Syria, killing over 35,000 people and impacting about 20 million, the country’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said. The damage extended to a 500-km-wide region in 10 provinces inhabited by 13.5 million people, he noted in a pre-recorded video message to World Government Summit 2023 attendees in Dubai.
“According to scientists, the energy released by these earthquakes is as powerful as 500 atomic bombs,” said Erdoğan.
