Where is the Kermadec Islands?

March 5, 2023

An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck the Kermadec Islands region in New Zealand recently

About Kermadec Islands:

  • They are volcanic island group in the South Pacific Ocean, 600 mi (1,000 km) northeast of Auckland, New Zealand.
  • They are a dependency of New Zealand.
  • The islands are a volcanic island arc, formed at the convergent boundarywhere the Pacific Plate subducts under the Indo-Australian Plate.
  • They are the tiny emergent part of a chain of submarine volcanoes that define the Kermadec ridge.
  • They are uninhabited, except for Raoul Island where a team of Department of Conservation staff carry out weed control work and make meteorological observations.
  • The climate of the islands is subtropical.
  • The islands are seismically active.