A small but moderately felt earthquake has jolted Auckland tonight.
According to GeoNet the earthquake was only 2.9 on the Richter Scale but was just 9kms deep, centred 10kms east of Auckland.
The earthquake was widely felt across highrise buildings in the CBD and across other central suburbs.
While the earthquake was tiny compared to the aftershocks in Christchurch, it’s the rareness of earthquakes in Auckland that will make it a headline story.
– WeatherWatch.co.nz
Did you feel tonight’s earthquake? Post your suburb and comment below!
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A small but moderately felt earthquake has jolted Auckland tonight.
According to GeoNet the earthquake was only 2.9 on the Richter Scale but was just 9kms deep, centred 10kms east of Auckland.
The earthquake was widely felt across highrise buildings in the CBD and across other central suburbs.
While the earthquake was tiny compared to the aftershocks in Christchurch, it’s the rareness of earthquakes in Auckland that will make it a headline story.
– WeatherWatch.co.nz
Did you feel tonight’s earthquake? Post your suburb and comment below!
Comments
K on 2/03/2023 10:10pm
At 9:58pm in East Auckland lasting around 5 minutes
Ann on 3/02/2023 2:48am
2.05 am felt in Tauranga .
Laura on 3/02/2023 2:08am
Just felt a shake on waiheke island
Riz on 3/02/2023 2:07am
Just felt an earthquake at 2am in South Auckland
LuLu on 4/01/2023 5:53am
Was awake so felt several light shakes 5.20 ish. Enough to get up and check phone info.
Jasmin on 1/12/2022 7:06am
Felt shaking which woke me in the early hours here on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.
Elaine on 19/11/2022 9:47am
It was quite long and a good even shake.it woke me around 1 or 2 am this morning in cockle bay.
Sylvia on 2/10/2022 1:26am
Yes, earthquake about 1.15 am in Auckland
Laurie on 1/10/2022 6:51pm
Felt a shake5 mins ago in Mairangi bay
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