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A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, 2570km southeast of Dunedin.

The quake struck at 3.09am NZ time, at a depth of 10km, and was centred 1029km northeast of Scott Island Bank, Antarctica.

No tsunami warning has been issued.

- nzherald.co.nz