A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit the sea between the South and North islands of New Zealand on Friday. Authorities did not report any casualties or property damage or a tsunami warning was not activated.
The hypocenter was located at a depth of 170 kilometers and 75 kilometers northwest of the French Channel.A strait that separates D'Urville Island — the northern tip of the South Island — and New Zealand's South Island, National Geological Survey Geonet reported.
For its part, the United States Geological Survey, which records seismic activity around the world, pegged the quake at a magnitude of 5.,1 and at a depth of 183 kilometers.
At 11:53 local time (6:53 p.m. Columbia time), thousands of soccer fans were making their way to the Wellington Regional Stadium when the earthquake struck. For the Women's World Cup quarter-final between Spain and the Netherlands.
New Zealand, with a population of 5 million, sits on a fault line between the Pacific and Oceania tectonic plates. 14,000 earthquakes every year Of these, between 100 and 150 have sufficient power to perceive.
On February 22, 2011, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the South Island city of Christchurch, killing 185 people and damaging 30,000 buildings.
EFE
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