NEW ZEALAND — A 6.7 earthquake hit off the coast of New Zealand. According to USGS, the earthquake hit around 2:43 p.m. on Tuesday, local time. USGS reports the earthquake was 10 km deep, 159 km from Riverton, New Zealand at the southwestern end of the South Island.

Wellington: A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hit New Zealand on the early hours of Tuesday (Mar 25) according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). Sharing the details of the earthquake in a post on X,