Honolulu's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports the 6.7 magnitude quake struck ten kilometres deep just after 4pm.

It says there's no tsunami threat.

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23 Feb: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has stuck 55 kilometres off the coast of Malaysia near Brunei

22 Feb: Fifteen years on from the devastating Christchurch earthquake, belief light may finally be at the end of the tunnel

21 Feb: Central Otago is today moving to a prohibited fire season

21 Feb: Hurricanes returnee Josh Moorby has celebrated his first game back in Super Rugby in style in their campaign-opening win in Wellington

20 Feb: High hopes for one of the Hurricanes' newest recruits

18 Feb: Dozens of Canterbury kids spent a night hunkering down in Banks Peninsula - which was cut off by yesterday's torrential rain

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