By Xinhua,
Wellington : An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck New Zealand North Island’s Bay of Plenty region on Sunday afternoon, GNS Science said.
The quake struck 20 km north of Rotorua at a depth of 200 km at12:13 p.m. local time (23:13 GMT Saturday), the New Zealand’s Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) said.
It was likely to have been felt along the east coast of the North Island.
The second quake with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale also hit 40 km south-east of Whakatane at a depth of 50 km at 2:05p.m. local time (01:05 GMT Sunday).
It was felt in eastern Bay of Plenty.
A police northern communications spokesman said he was not aware of any reports of damage from either earthquake.