No tsunami warning was issued and there were no reports of possible damage so far. The earthquake was also reported on social media by tens of thousands, in the largest city, in Auckland It is located in the South Island in Christchurch They felt it too – they reported bloomberg.
According to eyewitnesses The earthquake lasted 30 seconds. The US Seismological Institute, USGS, detected an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7. Hurricane Gabriel has caused massive damage in New Zealand in the past few days. Four people died in the storm, many people had to be evacuated, and floods and landslides cut off many settlements from the outside world. A state of emergency was declared in the country on Tuesday.
New Zealand, with a population of five million, is located in the Pacific Ocean on a ring of fire, located on a seismic fault line where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are frequent. In 2011, a violent earthquake struck Christchurch in the South Island. The magnitude 6.3 earthquake claimed 185 lives and destroyed most of the downtown area.
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake occurred near New Zealand’s capital Wellington on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (AP) said. https://t.co/5A49K3jNyv
– Bloomberg (business) February 15, 2023
