STRONG EARTHQUAKE REPORT

 

INITIAL ANALYSIS FROM THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY INDICATED
THAT AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.1 HAS OCCURRED AT 5:59
P.M. ON 2 JULY 2017 (SUNDAY) (HONG KONG TIME) IN KERMADEC
ISLANDS REGION. THE EPICENTRE IS LOCATED NEAR 27.5S,
175.9W, ABOUT 720 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF NUKU'ALOFA.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 18:15 HKT ON 02.07.2017