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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: 3708237
- NZST: Sat, May 19 2012 3:16 am
- Magnitude: 3.0
- Depth: 11 km
- Details: 10 km south-west of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3706316
- NZST: Tue, May 15 2012 1:48 pm
- Magnitude: 3.5
- Depth: 10 km
- Details: 10 km north-east of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3706304
- NZST: Tue, May 15 2012 1:27 pm
- Magnitude: 4.5
- Depth: 11 km
- Details: 10 km north-east of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3706244
- NZST: Tue, May 15 2012 10:50 am
- Magnitude: 3.1
- Depth: 8 km
- Details: Within 5 km of Lyttelton
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- Reference Number: 3706128
- NZST: Tue, May 15 2012 5:15 am
- Magnitude: 2.6
- Depth: 3 km
- Details: 20 km south-east of Rotorua
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- Reference Number: 3706031
- NZST: Tue, May 15 2012 0:58 am
- Magnitude: 2.8
- Depth: 4 km
- Details: 10 km south-west of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3705031
- NZST: Sun, May 13 2012 7:33 am
- Magnitude: 3.0
- Depth: 4 km
- Details: 10 km south of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3705024
- NZST: Sun, May 13 2012 7:14 am
- Magnitude: 3.4
- Depth: 11 km
- Details: 10 km north of Springfield
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- Reference Number: 3704670
- NZST: Sat, May 12 2012 2:57 pm
- Magnitude: 3.9
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 10 km west of Lyttelton
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- Reference Number: 3704567
- NZST: Sat, May 12 2012 10:07 am
- Magnitude: 5.5
- Depth: 12 km
- Details: 40 km west of Tuatapere
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- Reference Number: 3703478
- NZST: Thu, May 10 2012 7:36 am
- Magnitude: 4.3
- Depth: 15 km
- Details: 30 km east of Kaikoura
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- Reference Number: 3703343
- NZST: Thu, May 10 2012 1:09 am
- Magnitude: 2.8
- Depth: 6 km
- Details: 10 km south-west of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3703199
- NZST: Wed, May 9 2012 6:10 pm
- Magnitude: 2.5
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 10 km north-east of Kawerau
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- Reference Number: 3703039
- NZST: Wed, May 9 2012 10:47 am
- Magnitude: 3.9
- Depth: 20 km
- Details: 20 km south of Whanganui
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- Reference Number: 3702778
- NZST: Tue, May 8 2012 10:38 pm
- Magnitude: 3.0
- Depth: 11 km
- Details: 20 km east of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3701509
- NZST: Sun, May 6 2012 12:31 pm
- Magnitude: 4.2
- Depth: 15 km
- Details: 10 km south of Ross
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- Reference Number: 3701491
- NZST: Sun, May 6 2012 11:33 am
- Magnitude: 4.2
- Depth: 30 km
- Details: 10 km south-west of Wellington
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- Reference Number: 3701260
- NZST: Sun, May 6 2012 0:51 am
- Magnitude: 3.1
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 10 km south of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3700225
- NZST: Fri, May 4 2012 1:50 am
- Magnitude: 3.6
- Depth: 25 km
- Details: 20 km west of Raetihi
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- Reference Number: 3699794
- NZST: Thu, May 3 2012 6:34 am
- Magnitude: 4.8
- Depth: 150 km
- Details: 40 km west of Taupo
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- Reference Number: 3699793
- NZST: Thu, May 3 2012 6:32 am
- Magnitude: 3.5
- Depth: 12 km
- Details: 20 km north-west of Tuatapere
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- Reference Number: 3699552
- NZST: Wed, May 2 2012 7:42 pm
- Magnitude: 3.9
- Depth: 80 km
- Details: 20 km north-east of Milford Sound
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- Reference Number: 3699391
- NZST: Wed, May 2 2012 1:18 pm
- Magnitude: 2.8
- Depth: 8 km
- Details: 10 km south-east of Christchurch
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- Reference Number: 3699338
- NZST: Wed, May 2 2012 10:57 am
- Magnitude: 3.6
- Depth: 10 km
- Details: 10 km north of Springfield
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- Reference Number: 3699270
- NZST: Wed, May 2 2012 8:23 am
- Magnitude: 2.4
- Depth: 1 km
- Details: 20 km north-east of Taupo
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- Reference Number: 3699069
- NZST: Tue, May 1 2012 10:40 pm
- Magnitude: 3.0
- Depth: 25 km
- Details: 10 km south of Whanganui
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- Reference Number: 3698991
- NZST: Tue, May 1 2012 7:44 pm
- Magnitude: 3.6
- Depth: 30 km
- Details: 10 km south of Whanganui
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- Reference Number: 3698649
- NZST: Tue, May 1 2012 3:48 am
- Magnitude: 3.2
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 10 km north of Turangi
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- Reference Number: 3698581
- NZST: Tue, May 1 2012 0:29 am
- Magnitude: 3.7
- Depth: 7 km
- Details: 20 km north of Springfield
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- Reference Number: 3698230
- NZST: Mon, Apr 30 2012 9:16 am
- Magnitude: 3.1
- Depth: 5 km
- Details: 20 km south-west of Christchurch

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