Pambuyo pa chivomezi cha 7.6 ku Samoa pa 18.00 UTC, chivomezi china cha 6.8 chinayesedwa pa 66 miles ENE ku Hihfo, Tonga, 132 miles SW ku Apia, Samoa, kapena 164 miles WSW of Tafuna, American Samoa.
Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti mpaka pano palibe malipoti okhudza kuvulala kapena kuwonongeka.
Mphepete mwa kum'mawa kwa mbale ya Australia ndi amodzi mwa madera omwe akugwira ntchito kwambiri padziko lapansi chifukwa cha kuphatikizika kwakukulu pakati pa mbale za Australia ndi Pacific. M'chigawo cha New Zealand, malire a Australia ndi Pacific akutali a 3000 km amayambira kumwera kwa Macquarie Island mpaka kumwera kwa Kermadec Island. Zimaphatikizapo kusintha kwa nyanja (Macquarie Ridge), madera awiri omwe amatsutsana (Puysegur ndi Hikurangi), ndi kusintha kwapadziko lonse, Alpine Fault kudutsa South Island, New Zealand.