Magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off the coast of New Zealand

This is reported by the US Geological Survey.

The earthquake was recorded at 19:28 UTC (22:28 Moscow time).

The focus was located at a depth of 10 km.

Earlier, seismologists recorded a series of earthquakes with magnitudes from 4.9 to 6.2 off the coast of the Kermadec archipelago of New Zealand.