New Zealand is assessing the possibility of a tsunami risk after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolted the country's northeast islands region.

新西兰东北部岛屿地区发生7.1级地震后，新西兰正在评估发生海啸的可能性。

The quake hit the Kermadec Islands region with a depth of 49 km at 12:41 pm local time.

当地时间下午12点41分，地震袭击了克马德克群岛地区，震源深度为49公里。

People should be self-evacuating immediately from all places near the coast where the earthquake was felt "for longer than a minute or was strong enough that it was hard to stand," New Zealand's National Emergency Management Agency said in a statement.

新西兰国家紧急事务管理局在一份声明中说，在感觉地震“持续时间超过一分钟或强烈到难以站立”的沿海地区，人们应该立即自我撤离。

In these areas a tsunami may have been generated and may arrive quickly, so evacuate immediately to the nearest high ground or as far inland as possible, it added.

并补充说：“在这些地区，海啸可能已经产生，可能会很快到达，因此请立即疏散到最近的高地或尽可能远离内陆。”