Tuesday 26th January 2010
A shallow moderately strong earthquake struck the southern Kermadec Islands early this morning.
The magnitude 5.3 earthquake, which struck at 3:08 a.m., was located 205 km south-west of L’Esperance Rock (635 km north-east of Auckland) at a depth of 35 km.
[Compiled from data supplied by the U.S. Geological Survey and its contributing agencies.]
A burst of moderately strong earthquake activity struck Vanuatu this morning.
Some Wellingtonians have been muttering about the dismal weather we have been experiencing this summer.
The second earthquake in a week has struck north of White Island in the Bay of Plenty.
Earthquake activity has continued at two locations in Fiordland today.
A pair of shallow fourth magnitude earthquakes struck Fiordland this morning.
A strong earthquake struck Haiti just after midnight New Zealand time, just over a week after the devastating major quake of the morning of January 13th.
A deep, moderately strong earthquake struck the Bay of Plenty this evening.
A pair of moderately strong earthquakes struck the southern Kermadec Islands just before midnight last night.
A major earthquake struck Haiti in the Caribbean Sea late this morning New Zealand time.
A strong earthquake struck beneath the Southern Ocean, south of New Zealand late this evening.
Two more strong earthquakes and an associated tsunami struck the western Solomon Islands overnight.
Aftershocks following yesterday’s magnitude 7.2 earthquake near Gizo are continuing. In addition to the 6th magnitude foreshock, there have now been seven aftershocks of magnitude 5 and one of magnitude 6.
Two strong earthquakes struck the Solomon Islands less than an hour apart earlier today.