AM Show Jacinda stays cools as earthquake hits NZ. An earthquake struck near New Zealand’s capital on Monday morning, shaking many residents including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who continued with a live TV interview at the parliament building. Geonet first classified the earthquake as magnitude 5.9. Why am I not surprised that Jacinda Ardern casually takes an earthquake interrupting her interview in her stridepic.twitter.com/mq4h6LuTfC — 🇳🇿 • eloise • 🇫🇷 (@reyloise) May 24, 2020The tremors started as Ardern was on TV from the parliament building, called the beehive. #eqnzhttps://t.co/HRXg8fQ2RZpic.twitter.com/qgZFEL4SRW — GeoNet (@geonet) May 24, 2020New Zealand lies on the seismically active “Ring of Fire”, a 40,000-km arc of volcanoes and ocean trenches girdling much of the Pacific Ocean.

Source: Huffington Post May 24, 2020 22:41 UTC