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A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck at 8:55 pm on Thursday 20 December. Located offshore, it caused damage to chimneys and buildings at several places along the East Coast, particularly in the Gisborne CBD.
Location history for this earthquake. The automatic earthquake location system makes many locations for each quake. Not all quakes have a location history.