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Flurry of large earthquakes along Pacific ring of fire

12:46 pm on 23 November 2022

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There's been a flurry of large earthquakes along the Pacific ring of fire in the last couple of days.

 Magnitude 7 yesterday in the Solomons, a 6.2 off Mexico this morning, and a deadly 5.6 in Indonesia.

There've also been quakes registering above magnitude 5 in the Kermadecs, Fiji, and Vanuatu.

GNS duty seismologist Dr Jonathan Hanson spoke to Charlotte Cook.