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Recent New Zealand Earthquakes

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

Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location.

- Reference Number: 3365638
- NZST: Fri, Sep 3 2010 7:38 am
- Magnitude: 3.4
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 20 km south of Wanaka
- Reference Number: 3365211
- NZST: Thu, Sep 2 2010 3:07 pm
- Magnitude: 3.4
- Depth: 30 km
- Details: 30 km south of Gisborne
- Reference Number: 3364515
- NZST: Wed, Sep 1 2010 6:09 am
- Magnitude: 3.3
- Depth: 2 km
- Details: 50 km south-west of Haast
- Reference Number: 3364303
- NZST: Tue, Aug 31 2010 7:45 pm
- Magnitude: 3.3
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 30 km east of Opotiki
- Reference Number: 3363636
- NZST: Mon, Aug 30 2010 12:29 pm
- Magnitude: 3.8
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 30 km north-east of Arthur's Pass
- Reference Number: 3363606
- NZST: Mon, Aug 30 2010 11:06 am
- Magnitude: 4.0
- Depth: 60 km
- Details: 20 km north of Picton
- Reference Number: 3362876
- NZST: Sat, Aug 28 2010 11:09 pm
- Magnitude: 2.7
- Depth: 1 km
- Details: 30 km south-west of Whakatane
- Reference Number: 3362564
- NZST: Sat, Aug 28 2010 7:55 am
- Magnitude: 3.3
- Depth: 2 km
- Details: 30 km east of Rotorua
- Reference Number: 3362156
- NZST: Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:05 pm
- Magnitude: 3.3
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 10 km north of Springfield
- Reference Number: 3362136
- NZST: Fri, Aug 27 2010 11:15 am
- Magnitude: 2.8
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 10 km north-west of Whakatane
- Reference Number: 3361067
- NZST: Wed, Aug 25 2010 10:17 am
- Magnitude: 5.1
- Depth: 30 km
- Details: 30 km south-west of Whanganui
- Reference Number: 3360743
- NZST: Tue, Aug 24 2010 7:15 pm
- Magnitude: 2.5
- Depth: 2 km
- Details: 10 km north of Whakatane
- Reference Number: 3360738
- NZST: Tue, Aug 24 2010 7:05 pm
- Magnitude: 2.9
- Depth: 7 km
- Details: 10 km north-west of Whakatane
- Reference Number: 3360600
- NZST: Tue, Aug 24 2010 12:03 pm
- Magnitude: 3.2
- Depth: 4 km
- Details: 10 km south-west of Kawerau
- Reference Number: 3359560
- NZST: Sun, Aug 22 2010 8:42 pm
- Magnitude: 3.6
- Depth: 20 km
- Details: 30 km west of Foxton
- Reference Number: 3358599
- NZST: Fri, Aug 20 2010 8:45 pm
- Magnitude: 3.7
- Depth: 8 km
- Details: 30 km north-east of Arthur's Pass
- Reference Number: 3357397
- NZST: Wed, Aug 18 2010 11:29 pm
- Magnitude: 4.1
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 10 km south of Whakatane
- Reference Number: 3357114
- NZST: Wed, Aug 18 2010 9:28 am
- Magnitude: 3.8
- Depth: 20 km
- Details: 20 km south of Porangahau
- Reference Number: 3356457
- NZST: Tue, Aug 17 2010 4:58 am
- Magnitude: 3.7
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 50 km south-west of Haast
- Reference Number: 3356209
- NZST: Mon, Aug 16 2010 5:54 pm
- Magnitude: 2.3
- Depth: 4 km
- Details: Within 5 km of Rotorua
- Reference Number: 3356651
- NZST: Mon, Aug 16 2010 5:48 pm
- Magnitude: 2.0
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: Within 5 km of Rotorua
- Reference Number: 3355033
- NZST: Fri, Aug 13 2010 9:04 pm
- Magnitude: 3.1
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 10 km north-west of Whakatane
- Reference Number: 3354568
- NZST: Fri, Aug 13 2010 2:27 am
- Magnitude: 4.5
- Depth: 25 km
- Details: 70 km south-east of Porangahau
- Reference Number: 3353738
- NZST: Wed, Aug 11 2010 12:13 pm
- Magnitude: 3.1
- Depth: 40 km
- Details: 10 km north-west of Wellington
- Reference Number: 3352909
- NZST: Mon, Aug 9 2010 8:10 pm
- Magnitude: 3.8
- Depth: 30 km
- Details: 10 km south-east of Wairoa
- Reference Number: 3352922
- NZST: Mon, Aug 9 2010 8:07 pm
- Magnitude: 4.5
- Depth: 90 km
- Details: 50 km north-west of Te Anau
- Reference Number: 3352238
- NZST: Sun, Aug 8 2010 1:48 pm
- Magnitude: 4.3
- Depth: 40 km
- Details: 10 km north of Eketahuna
- Reference Number: 3351314
- NZST: Fri, Aug 6 2010 5:11 pm
- Magnitude: 2.5
- Depth: 2 km
- Details: Within 5 km of Rotorua
- Reference Number: 3350372
- NZST: Wed, Aug 4 2010 10:54 pm
- Magnitude: 4.4
- Depth: 80 km
- Details: 50 km north-west of Te Anau
- Reference Number: 3349688
- NZST: Tue, Aug 3 2010 4:23 pm
- Magnitude: 3.8
- Depth: 40 km
- Details: 10 km north of Wairoa

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