Strong quake hits remote Macquarie Island region, no tsunami threat

Wellington (AFP) March 3, 2024

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck the remote Macquarie Island region in the south Pacific Monday, but there was no threat of a tsunami, US meteorologists said. The epicentre of the quake, which hit at 1616 GMT, was underwater off the southern coast of Macquarie Island, roughly 1500 kilometres (932 miles) south-southwest of New Zealand's south island, at a depth of 10 kilomet