The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says there is no tsunami threat for New Zealand after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kermadec Islands region on Monday afternoon.
NEMA said it was about 10km deep.
The agency said the initial assessment was that the earthquake was unlikely to have caused a tsunami that would pose a threat to Aotearoa.
The magnitude was initially reported at 7.3 by USGS but then downgraded to 7.1.
The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said the tsunami threat from the earthquake in the Kermadec Islands region has now passed.
- Reuters / RNZ