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New Zealand Earthquake Report - May 17 2008 at 2:23 pm (NZST)
Magnitude 5.8, Saturday, May 17 2008 at 2:23 pm (NZST), 420 km north-east of Te Araroa.
Quake Details
Information about this earthquake:
| Reference Number | 2909620/G |
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| Universal Time | May 17 2008 at 2:23 |
| NZ Standard Time | Saturday, May 17 2008 at 2:23 pm |
| Latitude, Longitude | 34.21°S, 179.79°W |
| Focal Depth | 210 km |
| Richter magnitude | 5.8 |
| Region | NE of New Zealand |
| Location |
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A long way north of East Cape, and quite deep, but reported felt at Whakatane and Mahia Peninsula
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- Earthquake information last modified: 2008 May 17 02:41 (UT).
