False quakes reported

An earthquake registering 4.1 on the Richter scale near Tauranga has been reported as a false alarm.

GeoNet reported the quake hit east of Tauranga around 3.29pm but soon after sending an alert, deleted the event.


GeoNet originally reported the quake had a focal depth of 9km and would have been moderate if it was an accurate event.

2 comments

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Posted on 05-06-2013 16:21 | By sharonkiwikd

nothing felt here at the mount


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Posted on 05-06-2013 16:54 | By NZgirl

The earth didn't move here in Papamoa


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