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Local swarm

Current local earthquake swarm

25km to 30km east of Whitianga - 14th August 2022 to current (last quake M2.8 , 9 April 2023)

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An ongoing earthquake swarm 25km to 30km east of Whitianga has had a total number of 26 earthquakes in the last 8 months. The largest quake in this sequence was a magnitude 3.3 on 21st September 2022. 

Whitianga earthquake swarm

Upper North Island notable earthquakes history 

The region around the Hauraki Gulf has a low rate of earthquakes compared to other regions on the North Island. In the 30 year period between 1990 to 2022, there has been an average of 25 earthquakes per year.

Earthquakes over magnitude 4.0 - 1850 to 2022

Since records began, there have been 108 earthquakes recorded over a magnitude 4.0 within the Northland and Auckland region. The strongest earthquake recorded was on the Coromandel peninsular, 3rd June 1937 with a magnitude 5.5 at a depth of 25km, 20km SE of Whitianga.

Upper North Island modern earthquake history M4.0+

Most felt earthquake - Magnitude 5.1 - 4 January 2023

The most felt earth occurred at 5:39am on 4 January 2023 when over 20,000 notified GeoNet that an earthquake had occurred. The epicenter of the quake was 5 km south Te Aroha on the Kerepehi Fault at a magnitude 5.1 and depth of 7 km. 

Most felt earthquake for Upper North Island
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