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2 Responses to “Facts about the earthquake in New Zealand?”

1. By quokka on Aug 27, 2009

   Reference Number: 2997237
   NZDT: Mon, Nov 10 2008 5:19 am
   Magnitude: 3.3
   Depth: 30 km
   Details: 20 km north-west of Castlepoint

   Reference Number: 2997005
   NZDT: Sun, Nov 9 2008 5:44 pm
   Magnitude: 2.4
   Depth: 5 km
   Details: Within 5 km of Rotorua

   Reference Number: 2996979
   NZDT: Sun, Nov 9 2008 4:25 pm
   Magnitude: 5.0
   Depth: 120 km
   Details: 40 km north-west of Te Anau

   Reference Number: 2996675
   NZDT: Sun, Nov 9 2008 0:57 am
   Magnitude: 5.4
   Depth: 200 km
   Details: 20 km west of Rotorua
   
   References :
   http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html

2. By Picola on Aug 27, 2009

   there have been 2 significant earthquakes in NZ and they were the napier earthquake in 1931 and the edgecumbe earthquake in 1987… the only information i could find on and earthquake in 1993 is this
   http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/Site/publish/Journals/nzjgg/1998/17.aspx

   this might be helpful too http://www.mtaspiring.school.nz/Tephra/ThewhereandwhenofNZearthquakes.html
   but basically i don’t recall any major earthquake that caused any major damage to any part of the country in 1993 (however we do experience 200 earthquakes a year (thats news to me!) most are too small to be felt)
   References :