A powerful, magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck New Zealand on Wednesday. The tremors were felt at 19:38:07 (local time), the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) confirmed.
By India Today Web Desk: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale struck New Zealand on Wednesday. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the earthquake occurred 78 km northwest of Lower Hutt, near Wellington.
The tremors were felt at a depth of 48 km (30 miles), government seismic monitor Geonet stated.
The earthquake’s epicentre was 50 km from the town of Paraparaumu, it said.