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Magnitude 5.1

Saturday July 7, 2012 - 12:50 PM, 5 km south of Turangi
Shaking The estimated intensity of ground shaking near the earthquake's epicentre.
Light
Depth The distance below the Earth's surface where the earthquake originated.
90 km
Quality An indication of how reliable the earthquake's location and details are, based on the amount and quality of data available.
Best

Earthquake history

The data below shows the history of magnitude, origin, depth, and locations calculated by our automated system as more data for an event becomes available. A location history like this is not available for all events. If you can't see the earthquake history below it may be stored in our earthquake catalogue on FDSN.

Note: Event history data access

Origin, magnitude, depth, and location history are only displayed here for a limited period. To access or download this data, please use our FDSN webservice.