Magnitude 6.5 ML; 6.3 Mw Tsunami None | Areas affected New Zealand Casualties None | |
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Date 3 July 2012, 10:36 pm NZST (UTC+12:00) (2012-07-03UTC22:36Z) Depth 254 kilometres (158 mi) | ||
On 3 July 2012 at 10:36 pm (10:36 UTC), an earthquake struck off the coast of New Zealand's North Island. New Zealand's GeoNet reported a magnitude of 6.5 (ML), whereas the United States Geological Survey reported a magnitude 6.3 (MW). The earthquake was felt throughout New Zealand.
Some residents on the Horowhenua coast evacuated to higher ground in anticipation of a tsunami, although Civil Defence believed the risk was low.
The earthquake was followed by an aftershock of magnitude 4.6 at around 10:45 pm.
References
2012 Opunake earthquake Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA