HONG KONG, Aug 2 -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at 01:27:36 GMT (1.27 pm local time) on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said.
The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 30.4171 degrees south latitude and 177.8163 degrees west longitude, reported Xinhua News Agency.
Earlier, New Zealand's GeoNet reported that a magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the Waikato region in the central part of the North Island of New Zealand around 1:30 am.
A few hours later another weaker quake occurred.
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