An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck off the coast of New Zealand

This is reported by the US Geological Survey.

The earthquake was recorded at 12:05 UTC (15:05 Moscow time).

The focus was located at a depth of 10 km.

It is specified that off the coast of the New Zealand archipelago of Kermadec, a number of earthquakes of magnitude from 4.9 to 6.2 are recorded throughout the day.

The last tremors with a magnitude of 5.3 so far occurred at 12:21 UTC (15:21 Moscow time)

Earlier, seismologists recorded a magnitude 5.5 earthquake off the coast of New Zealand's North Island.