Wild Land

Moderate earthquakes have struck near Vanuatu and Tonga in the past 24 hours.

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Residents of Matata, a town on the coast of the Bay of Plenty, are experiencing yet another earthquake swarm. Four shallow quakes have struck the area so far this month.

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Earthquake activity east of Ruatoria and Tikitiki, north of Gisborne, has continued with another two earthquakes in quick succession this morning.

Geonet describes the earthquakes, which occurred 33 seconds apart at 11:13 a.m. as having similar magnitudes. Only the second event has been entered into the databases at the time of writing, it was magnitude 4.1, 12 km deep and located 30 km east of both Ruatoria and Tikitiki.

One report of the earthquake has been received from Rotorua, where it was felt lightly.

A major earthquake struck in the Molucca Sea off Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia just after midnight, Sunday, New Zealand Daylight Time.

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A pair of 4th magnitude shallow earthquakes struck near East Cape, north of Gisborne, within two minutes of each other yesterday.

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Yesterday’s magnitude 5.3 earthquake near Taihape was New Zealand’s largest onshore earthquake since November.

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Confusion surrounds the large landslip at Passchendaele Peak in Mt Aspiring National Park.

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A great (over magnitude eight) earthquake struck at a shallow depth to the east of the Kuril Islands, north of Japan, this afternoon.

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A shallow magnitude 4.0 earthquake, which struck 10 km east of White Island at 9 o’clock this morning was felt 40 km away at Te Kaha. It was followed by a magnitude 3.6 event nearby 11 minutes later. Both quakes were less than 10 km deep.

A strong, deep earthquake struck to the east of Suva, Fiji just before 10 o’clock this morning.

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