Kermadec: A 5.1  magnitude earthquake hit the Kermadec Islands region at 0120 GMT on Friday.  

U.S. Geological Survey said, The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 31.4319 degrees south latitude and 177.9175 degrees west longitude.

Earlier, a powerful earthquake had jolted the Island in 2019. A quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck the remote Kermadec Islands region, in northern Thursday, the New Zealand Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) said. The islands, which are often hit by severe quakes, have no permanent population except a small New Zealand Department of Conservation team on Raoul Island.

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