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Local swarm
Current local earthquake swarm
25km to 30km east of Whitianga - 14th August 2022 to current (last quake M2.8 , 9 April 2023)
An ongoing earthquake swarm 25km to 30km east of Whitianga has had a total number of 26 earthquakes in the last 8 months. The largest quake in this sequence was a magnitude 3.3 on 21st September 2022.
![Whitianga earthquake swarm](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e5e9a8_657a9773e6fc48d9bc57235fc2e4a86a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_142,h_117,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Swarm%20Whitianga.jpg)
Earthquakes over magnitude 4.0 - 1850 to 2022
Since records began, there have been 108 earthquakes recorded over a magnitude 4.0 within the Northland and Auckland region. The strongest earthquake recorded was on the Coromandel peninsular, 3rd June 1937 with a magnitude 5.5 at a depth of 25km, 20km SE of Whitianga.
![Upper North Island modern earthquake history M4.0+](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e5e9a8_76869a0f71a64a6d965462d993f73896~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_99,h_72,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/quake%20history.jpg)
Most felt earthquake - Magnitude 5.1 - 4 January 2023
The most felt earth occurred at 5:39am on 4 January 2023 when over 20,000 notified GeoNet that an earthquake had occurred. The epicenter of the quake was 5 km south Te Aroha on the Kerepehi Fault at a magnitude 5.1 and depth of 7 km.
![Most felt earthquake for Upper North Island](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e5e9a8_f5d7bfc2878b466f93e0424256570c6a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_97,h_65,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/M%205_1.jpg)
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