A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off New Zealand on Friday (March 5), the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS) said, prompting a tsunami warning.
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The earthquake struck 180 km northeast of the town of Gisborne on Friday at 2:27 a.m. (1:27 p.m. GMT Thursday), at a relatively shallow depth of 10 km.
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Based on the preliminary parameters of the earthquake, dangerous tsunami waves are possible on the coasts within a radius of 300 km from the epicenter,
" said the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ( United States).