Tuesday 26th January 2010
A shallow moderately strong earthquake struck the southern Kermadec Islands early this morning.
The magnitude 5.3 earthquake, which struck at 3:08 a.m., was located 205 km south-west of L’Esperance Rock (635 km north-east of Auckland) at a depth of 35 km.
[Compiled from data supplied by the U.S. Geological Survey and its contributing agencies.]