Whakatane residents may have felt like the ground was moving under them last night, and they would have been right.
A 'moderate” earthquake was registered in the district at 8.46pm.
GeoNet says the earthquake was a 3.5 magnitude quake and was only 10km deep.
It struck 15km north-west of Whakatane.
GeoNet has also recorded a weak earthquake near White Island this morning.
The 2.6 quake struck at 7.30am, within 5km of the active volcano.
Did you feel anything?
1 comment
lava chamber
Posted on 05-07-2017 16:37 | By MISS ADVENTURE
There is one east of Wakatane, the ground will rise (hence earthquakes) arund the area as the pressure within changes. Nothing more than a normal event.
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