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Recent New Zealand Earthquakes

This is a list of the latest thirty New Zealand earthquakes.

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- Reference Number: 3767732
- NZST: Wed, Sep 5 2012 6:48 am
- Magnitude: 3.7
- Depth: 50 km
- Details: 30 km south-east of Otane
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- Reference Number: 3767621
- NZST: Wed, Sep 5 2012 1:42 am
- Magnitude: 3.0
- Depth: 8 km
- Details: Within 5 km of Lyttelton
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- Reference Number: 3767531
- NZST: Tue, Sep 4 2012 10:11 pm
- Magnitude: 4.3
- Depth: 40 km
- Details: 10 km south-west of Te Kaha
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- Reference Number: 3767123
- NZST: Tue, Sep 4 2012 6:25 am
- Magnitude: 3.4
- Depth: 70 km
- Details: 20 km south of French Pass
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- Reference Number: 3766617
- NZST: Mon, Sep 3 2012 9:30 am
- Magnitude: 2.9
- Depth: 9 km
- Details: 10 km east of Belfast
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- Reference Number: 3766272
- NZST: Sun, Sep 2 2012 7:16 pm
- Magnitude: 2.4
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 10 km north-west of Reporoa
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- Reference Number: 3766181
- NZST: Sun, Sep 2 2012 3:30 pm
- Magnitude: 2.6
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 20 km north-west of Rotorua
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- Reference Number: 3766007
- NZST: Sun, Sep 2 2012 7:46 am
- Magnitude: 3.2
- Depth: 9 km
- Details: 20 km west of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3765972
- NZST: Sun, Sep 2 2012 6:03 am
- Magnitude: 2.8
- Depth: 9 km
- Details: 20 km south-west of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3765940
- NZST: Sun, Sep 2 2012 4:10 am
- Magnitude: 4.0
- Depth: 25 km
- Details: 20 km south-east of Wellington
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- Reference Number: 3765667
- NZST: Sat, Sep 1 2012 3:39 pm
- Magnitude: 3.4
- Depth: 25 km
- Details: 10 km south-west of Porangahau
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- Reference Number: 3765647
- NZST: Sat, Sep 1 2012 2:39 pm
- Magnitude: 5.5
- Depth: 220 km
- Details: 20 km north-west of Rotorua
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- Reference Number: 3765321
- NZST: Fri, Aug 31 2012 10:31 pm
- Magnitude: 3.7
- Depth: 25 km
- Details: 10 km south-west of Porangahau
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- Reference Number: 3764993
- NZST: Fri, Aug 31 2012 7:38 am
- Magnitude: 5.3
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 40 km south-west of Haast
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- Reference Number: 3764886
- NZST: Fri, Aug 31 2012 2:43 am
- Magnitude: 3.3
- Depth: 2 km
- Details: 10 km north of Whakatane
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- Reference Number: 3764879
- NZST: Fri, Aug 31 2012 2:28 am
- Magnitude: 2.4
- Depth: 6 km
- Details: 10 km north of Whakatane
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- Reference Number: 3764840
- NZST: Fri, Aug 31 2012 0:45 am
- Magnitude: 2.6
- Depth: 4 km
- Details: 10 km north of Whakatane
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- Reference Number: 3763095
- NZST: Mon, Aug 27 2012 4:58 pm
- Magnitude: 4.0
- Depth: 8 km
- Details: 20 km north-east of Hanmer Springs
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- Reference Number: 3761761
- NZST: Sat, Aug 25 2012 9:14 am
- Magnitude: 2.7
- Depth: 2 km
- Details: Within 5 km of Kawerau
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- Reference Number: 3760117
- NZST: Wed, Aug 22 2012 4:49 am
- Magnitude: 3.3
- Depth: 9 km
- Details: 20 km north-west of Reefton
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- Reference Number: 3759774
- NZST: Tue, Aug 21 2012 2:05 pm
- Magnitude: 4.6
- Depth: 20 km
- Details: 90 km north-east of Ruatoria
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- Reference Number: 3759106
- NZST: Mon, Aug 20 2012 6:34 am
- Magnitude: 2.5
- Depth: 4 km
- Details: Within 5 km of Kawerau
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- Reference Number: 3758665
- NZST: Sun, Aug 19 2012 12:30 pm
- Magnitude: 3.7
- Depth: 33 km
- Details: 30 km south of Wairoa
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- Reference Number: 3758618
- NZST: Sun, Aug 19 2012 10:19 am
- Magnitude: 3.2
- Depth: 10 km
- Details: 10 km east of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3758349
- NZST: Sat, Aug 18 2012 10:31 pm
- Magnitude: 2.1
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: Within 5 km of Cromwell
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- Reference Number: 3758002
- NZST: Sat, Aug 18 2012 5:46 am
- Magnitude: 4.3
- Depth: 33 km
- Details: 40 km north-west of Te Araroa
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- Reference Number: 3757997
- NZST: Sat, Aug 18 2012 5:29 am
- Magnitude: 3.2
- Depth: 6 km
- Details: Within 5 km of Cromwell
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- Reference Number: 3756917
- NZST: Thu, Aug 16 2012 4:47 am
- Magnitude: 2.5
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 20 km west of Waikouaiti
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- Reference Number: 3756733
- NZST: Wed, Aug 15 2012 7:32 pm
- Magnitude: 3.5
- Depth: 20 km
- Details: 30 km south-east of Seddon
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- Reference Number: 3756467
- NZST: Wed, Aug 15 2012 7:36 am
- Magnitude: 3.0
- Depth: 8 km
- Details: 10 km east of Christchurch

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