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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: 3653145
- NZDT: Sat, Feb 4 2012 5:16 am
- Magnitude: 5.0
- Depth: 190 km
- Details: 70 km north-east of Collingwood
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- Reference Number: 3652828
- NZDT: Fri, Feb 3 2012 1:44 pm
- Magnitude: 2.7
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 10 km east of Lake Tekapo
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- Reference Number: 3652676
- NZDT: Fri, Feb 3 2012 7:00 am
- Magnitude: 5.7
- Depth: 200 km
- Details: 90 km south of Opunake
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- Reference Number: 3652531
- NZDT: Thu, Feb 2 2012 11:35 pm
- Magnitude: 2.7
- Depth: 12 km
- Details: 20 km south-east of Darfield
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- Reference Number: 3652487
- NZDT: Thu, Feb 2 2012 9:35 pm
- Magnitude: 4.3
- Depth: 40 km
- Details: 20 km east of Waipawa
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- Reference Number: 3652325
- NZDT: Thu, Feb 2 2012 2:30 pm
- Magnitude: 3.0
- Depth: 8 km
- Details: 10 km east of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3652299
- NZDT: Thu, Feb 2 2012 1:40 pm
- Magnitude: 3.1
- Depth: 12 km
- Details: 10 km east of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3652066
- NZDT: Thu, Feb 2 2012 2:34 am
- Magnitude: 3.4
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 30 km east of Harihari
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- Reference Number: 3652010
- NZDT: Thu, Feb 2 2012 0:04 am
- Magnitude: 3.5
- Depth: 2 km
- Details: 10 km north-east of Taupo
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- Reference Number: 3651901
- NZDT: Wed, Feb 1 2012 7:34 pm
- Magnitude: 3.7
- Depth: 15 km
- Details: 20 km north-east of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3651255
- NZDT: Tue, Jan 31 2012 3:44 pm
- Magnitude: 3.1
- Depth: 10 km
- Details: 10 km south-west of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3651121
- NZDT: Tue, Jan 31 2012 9:49 am
- Magnitude: 3.4
- Depth: 40 km
- Details: 30 km south of Havelock North
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- Reference Number: 3651041
- NZDT: Tue, Jan 31 2012 5:49 am
- Magnitude: 4.0
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 10 km north-east of Lyttelton
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- Reference Number: 3650755
- NZDT: Mon, Jan 30 2012 4:33 pm
- Magnitude: 3.5
- Depth: 25 km
- Details: Within 5 km of Wainuiomata
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- Reference Number: 3650520
- NZDT: Mon, Jan 30 2012 5:27 am
- Magnitude: 3.4
- Depth: 11 km
- Details: 20 km south-east of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3650203
- NZDT: Sun, Jan 29 2012 1:41 pm
- Magnitude: 3.0
- Depth: 8 km
- Details: 10 km south-west of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3650179
- NZDT: Sun, Jan 29 2012 12:38 pm
- Magnitude: 2.6
- Depth: 2 km
- Details: 10 km south-east of Darfield
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- Reference Number: 3650166
- NZDT: Sun, Jan 29 2012 11:56 am
- Magnitude: 4.5
- Depth: 9 km
- Details: 30 km south-east of Murchison
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- Reference Number: 3650037
- NZDT: Sun, Jan 29 2012 5:58 am
- Magnitude: 1.4
- Depth: 2 km
- Details: 10 km north of Taupo
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- Reference Number: 3649724
- NZDT: Sat, Jan 28 2012 3:40 pm
- Magnitude: 4.2
- Depth: 15 km
- Details: 20 km north-east of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3649451
- NZDT: Sat, Jan 28 2012 4:03 am
- Magnitude: 2.8
- Depth: 3 km
- Details: 10 km north-west of Matata
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- Reference Number: 3649356
- NZDT: Fri, Jan 27 2012 11:24 pm
- Magnitude: 3.7
- Depth: 60 km
- Details: 30 km south-east of Haast
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- Reference Number: 3649326
- NZDT: Fri, Jan 27 2012 9:55 pm
- Magnitude: 2.7
- Depth: 8 km
- Details: Within 5 km of Darfield
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- Reference Number: 3649298
- NZDT: Fri, Jan 27 2012 8:42 pm
- Magnitude: 4.6
- Depth: 11 km
- Details: 30 km west of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3649240
- NZDT: Fri, Jan 27 2012 5:53 pm
- Magnitude: 2.9
- Depth: 2 km
- Details: 10 km north-west of Matata
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- Reference Number: 3649238
- NZDT: Fri, Jan 27 2012 5:49 pm
- Magnitude: 2.4
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 10 km north-west of Whakatane
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- Reference Number: 3649235
- NZDT: Fri, Jan 27 2012 5:39 pm
- Magnitude: 3.1
- Depth: 15 km
- Details: 20 km east of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3649043
- NZDT: Fri, Jan 27 2012 7:54 am
- Magnitude: 3.8
- Depth: 20 km
- Details: 30 km south-east of Havelock North
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- Reference Number: 3648958
- NZDT: Fri, Jan 27 2012 4:47 am
- Magnitude: 3.2
- Depth: 15 km
- Details: 30 km west of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3648609
- NZDT: Thu, Jan 26 2012 3:23 pm
- Magnitude: 2.4
- Depth: 2 km
- Details: 10 km north of Taupo

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