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The Pacific Ring of Fire, the enormous fault that crosses the Pacific Ocean, the largest body of water on earth, broke tonight.
In the seismic storm that began in New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands, earthquakes of magnitude 7.4 and 8.1 occurred.
The time between local time and the two major earthquakes in the morning was recorded as one hour and 47 minutes. The 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurred 55 kilometers underground and the 8.1 earthquake occurred 19 kilometers underground.
According to the records of the American Center for Geological Research (USGS), aftershocks of up to 6.1 degrees of magnitude were experienced in the region where activity on the fault line continued.
While the tsunami alarm was being issued in New Zealand, the Emergency Agency asked the inhabitants of the coast to leave their homes urgently and climb to higher places.
International news agencies have announced to the world major earthquakes and tsunami alerts with the ‘last minute’ code, CNN International reports that the tsunami alert covers the entire east coast of New Zealand.
