Another undersea earthquake occurred in the Bay of Plenty overnight.
Sunday 9th May 2010
A shallow magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 100 km north of White Island (210 km east of Auckland) at 2:14 this morning. The quake which was also 140 km north-east of Tauranga was 5 km deep. The event was felt in coastal areas of the Bay of Plenty, along the Coromandel Peninsula and widely in Auckland. Shaking was reported as “strong” at Whenuakite and Coroglen on the Coromandel Peninsula and at Tryphena on Great Barrier Island.
On Friday morning a burst of earthquake activity occurred in the same location just after midnight. The five earthquakes had magnitudes between 3.7 and 4.3 and all were 5 km deep. At 12:14 a magnitude 4.1 quake struck, followed by a magnitude 4.3 event six minutes later. A magnitude 3.8 quake occurred at 12:24 then a magnitude 4.2 event struck at 12:26. After twelve minutes the final quake of magnitude 3.7 was recorded at 12:38.
[Compiled from data provided by the GeoNet project and its sponsors EQC, GNS Science and FRST.]