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Powerful quake off north-east New Zealand coast
Source: BBC
Residents of a small community on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island have been asked to evacuate after a severe earthquake at sea.
Civil defence authorities asked people in the Tologa Bay area to leave their homes after a 7.1 quake struck 169km (105 miles) north-east of Gisborne.
It occurred at 16:37 GMT (04:37 local time) at a depth of 19.1 miles, US monitors say.
An emergency management centre has been activated, Radio New Zealand reports.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37249108?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central
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Any geologists want to weigh in? Italy, Iceland, Myanmar, now New Zealand. 
