Wellington, April 24 (Xinhua) -- A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit waters near the Kermadec Islands in northeast New Zealand on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The quake struck at 12:41 local time (8:41 Beijing time), with the epicenter at 29.955 degrees south latitude and 177.838 degrees west longitude, at a depth of 49 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey Earthquake Information Network.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat at this time.
The Kermadec Islands have no permanent inhabitants. The archipelago is made up of dozens of volcanic islands and is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Earthquakes may occur all over the country. This is a natural disaster. We still need to learn some skills to avoid disasters.
1. The earthquake to avoid the nearest, after the earthquake to quickly evacuate to a safe place is a better way to emergency protection. The so-called nearest escape, is to make different countermeasures according to local conditions.
2 earthquake, walking in the street should be so shock absorbers. When the earthquake occurs, the glass fragments of high-rise buildings and the concrete fragments outside the building, as well as the end of the urge association advertising signs, tinplate, neon red frame, etc., may fall down and hurt people, so when walking in the street, it is best to the side of the bag or soft items on the head, no items can also be used hand protection on the head, as far as possible to prepare for self defense, to be calm, Get away from poles and fences and run to open areas.
3. Workshop workers can hide in the car, machine tools and larger equipment, not to panic running, workers on special positions should first close inflammable and explosive, toxic gas valves, timely reduce the temperature and pressure of high temperature, high pressure pipeline, shut down the operation equipment. Most of the personnel can be evacuated from the work site, under the premise of safety protection, a small number of personnel stay at the site at any time to monitor dangerous situations, timely processing of possible accidents, to prevent the occurrence of secondary disasters.
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