Epicenter of Tuesday's earthquake in the South Pacific
Epicenter of Tuesday's earthquake in the South Pacific
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck near the Macquarie Island in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The quake was registered at 2:53 pm UTC at a depth of 10 kilometers, in the region of the subantarctic Macquarie Island, which is located about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica in the southwestern Pacific Ocean and has no permanent inhabitants.

Meanwhile, a little bit earlier, at 1:16 pm UTC, another earthquake was registered closer to New Zealand, marking a magnitude of 6.2. Its epicenter was recorded 286 kilometers southwest of New Zealand's seaport town of Bluff, which has a population of 1,840 and is located on the southern coast of the country's South Island.

The US Tsunami Warning Center issued no tsunami warnings following the earthquakes.