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
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1/07/2011 9:29am
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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!
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K on 2/03/2023 9:10am
At 9:58pm in East Auckland lasting around 5 minutes
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Ann on 2/02/2023 1:48pm
2.05 am felt in Tauranga .
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Laura on 2/02/2023 1:08pm
Just felt a shake on waiheke island
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Riz on 2/02/2023 1:07pm
Just felt an earthquake at 2am in South Auckland
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LuLu on 3/01/2023 4:53pm
Was awake so felt several light shakes 5.20 ish. Enough to get up and check phone info.
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Jasmin on 30/11/2022 6:06pm
Felt shaking which woke me in the early hours here on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.
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Elaine on 18/11/2022 8:47pm
It was quite long and a good even shake.it woke me around 1 or 2 am this morning in cockle bay.
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Sylvia on 1/10/2022 12:26pm
Yes, earthquake about 1.15 am in Auckland
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Laurie on 1/10/2022 5:51am
Felt a shake5 mins ago in Mairangi bay
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