Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern kept her cool when a magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit central New Zealand during a live interview on Monday.
An earthquake rattled central New Zealand on Monday morning and was widely felt in capital city Wellington.
The 5.8 magnitude quake struck at 7:53 a.m. and was centered near Levin, a town about 100 kilometers (65 miles) north of Wellington, seismic monitoring agency GeoNet said. There were no immediate reports of damage.
New Zealand sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a belt of volcanic and seismic activity that rings the Pacific Ocean.
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