Preliminary Data 3 Events 2.282ML to 2.456ML
(updated 31.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3216574, -40.94008, 174.94264, 2009/12/31 09:19:29.7, 33, 2.282
3216607, -40.95229, 174.95367, 2009/12/31 11:18:21.8, 32, 2.386
3216784, -41.00626, 174.4892, 2009/12/31 21:39:16.9, 41, 2.456
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Preliminary Data 3 Events 2.54L to 2.707ML
(updated 31.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3216047, -40.72358, 175.10222, 2009/12/30 05:00:10.2, 32, 2.544
3216290, -41.82441, 174.18289, 2009/12/30 18:12:34.4, 10, 2.54
3216306, -41.41917, 174.99654, 2009/12/30 19:07:17.2, 30, 2.707
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Preliminary Data 6 Events 2.243L and 2.998ML
(updated 30.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG, FELT
3215565, -40.14792, 174.85854, 2009/12/29 06:03:15.8, 65, 2.55
3215841, -40.49036, 175.90865, 2009/12/29 06:35:32.3, 30, 2.243
3215609, -40.98853, 175.05942, 2009/12/29 08:11:31.7, 41, 2.618
3215674, -40.49647, 174.52165, 2009/12/29 11:10:30.2, 40, 2.464
3215867, -41.11732, 174.65242, 2009/12/29 15:29:32.3, 32, 2.302
3215764, -41.70942, 174.11949, 2009/12/29 15:44:25.3, 8, 2.998
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Preliminary Data 3 Events 2.072L to 2.425ML
(updated 30.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3215085, -41.25134, 175.25284, 2009/12/28 05:15:09.2, 24, 2.33
3215086, -41.25841, 175.24318, 2009/12/28 05:17:05.3, 23, 2.072
3215362, -41.25539, 175.25748, 2009/12/28 13:33:33.6, 27, 2.425
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Preliminary Data 2 Events 2.298L and 2.377ML
(updated 28.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3214932, -41.61213, 174.32082, 2009/12/27 20:39:19.0, 12, 2.377
3214940, -40.97056, 175.58318, 2009/12/27 21:05:05.0, 30, 2.298
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Preliminary Data 2 Events 2.745ML and 2.806ML
(updated 26.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3214065, -40.47879, 175.71313, 2009/12/26 00:01:39.0, 28, 2.745
3214338, -41.08814, 175.07001, 2009/12/26 13:41:01.4, 28, 2.806
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Preliminary Data 3 Events 2.28ML to 2.513ML
(updated 26.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3213698, -40.42738, 175.98936, 2009/12/25 05:06:59.2, 31, 2.252
3213868, -40.58661, 175.93829, 2009/12/25 14:15:53.0, 27, 2.513
3213891, -39.91301, 174.93491, 2009/12/25 15:21:54.2, 73, 2.28
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Preliminary Data 4 Events 1.997ML to 3.774ML
(updated 26.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3213272, -41.33417, 176.08263, 2009/12/24 05:34:28.3, 33, 3.774
3213396, -40.96067, 174.96751, 2009/12/24 12:13:31.4, 31, 2.365
3213468, -40.53231, 174.79111, 2009/12/24 16:04:25.0, 33, 1.997
3213476, -41.3137, 176.07724, 2009/12/24 16:25:31.3, 33, 2.423
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Preliminary Data 3 Events 2.449ML to 2.588ML
(updated 26.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3212869, -41.29836, 173.7523, 2009/12/23 06:52:22.0, 54, 2.576
3212905, -40.52144, 175.71954, 2009/12/23 08:51:56.4, 36, 2.449
3213046, -40.66323, 175.90401, 2009/12/23 16:59:13.4, 31, 2.588
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Preliminary Data 3 Events 2.381ML to 4.349ML
(updated 23.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG, FELT
3212322, -41.8233, 174.2048, 2009/12/22 00:50:06.0, 7, 2.381
3212526, -40.9249, 173.8199, 2009/12/22 12:28:44.0, 71, 2.451
3212649, -41.035, 174.7276, 2009/12/22 19:09:56.5, 45, 4.349
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Preliminary Data 3 Events 2.191ML to 2.833ML
(updated 23.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3211962, -41.65757, 174.21886, 2009/12/21 05:07:03.5, 14, 2.833
3211964, -41.37603, 175.10573, 2009/12/21 05:14:37.4, 29, 2.672
3212229, -41.61238, 173.6973, 2009/12/21 20:00:32.0, 33, 2.191
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Preliminary Data 1 Event 3.091ML
(updated 21.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3211507, -40.66948, 174.37047, 2009/12/20 07:21:11.5, 78, 3.091
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1 Event 3.025ML
(updated 22.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3211100, -41.25467, 175.24908, 2009/12/19 14:15:38.5, 28, 3.025
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Preliminary Data 1 Event 2.668ML
(updated 20.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3210322, -39.96899, 175.55362, 2009/12/18 01:49:44.8, 55, 2.668
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Preliminary Data 1 Event 2.463ML
(updated 19.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3209837, -40.86872, 175.06258, 2009/12/17 01:06:45.7, 5, 2.463
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Preliminary Data 3 Events 2.265ML to 2.916ML
(updated 19.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3209682, -40.91043, 174.78511, 2009/12/16 13:17:53.3, 62, 2.265
3209721, -40.54906, 174.81824, 2009/12/16 19:53:53.9, 40, 2.478
3209761, -40.47617, 174.8381, 2009/12/16 19:51:22.6, 22, 2.916
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396,378 km Moon to -40.95, 174.86 Earth at Noon UTC
Low Tide 0.6m High Tide 1.6m – 1.0m tidal range
Preliminary Data 1 Event 3.065ML
(updated 17.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3208985, -40.37466, 174.65012, 2009/12/15 07:13:02.6, 102, 3.065
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Preliminary data
1 event 1.974ML (micro)
11 events between 2.41ML and 2.937ML ( very minor)
6 events 3.005ML and 3.666ML ( minor)
2 events 4.109ML and 4.171 ML ( light)
1 event 5.113 ( moderate)
21 total events
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393,300 km Moon to -40.95, 174.86 Earth at Noon UTC
Low Tide 0.6m High Tide 1.6m – 1.0m tidal range
Preliminary Data 3 Events 1.974ML to 2.622ML
(updated 17.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3208386, -40.87484, 175.51958, 2009/12/14 00:19:34.2, 25, 2.41
3208629, -40.36116, 175.62686, 2009/12/14 12:11:21.9, 5, 2.622
3208691, -40.64469, 175.37167, 2009/12/14 15:45:56.2, 36, 1.974
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389,969 km Moon to -40.95, 174.86 Earth at Noon UTC
Low Tide 0.6m High Tide 1.6m – 1.0m tidal range
Preliminary Data 1 Event 2.809ML
(updated 17.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3208232, -40.5507, 174.84268, 2009/12/13 17:25:57.3, 40, 2.809
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386,392 km Moon to -40.95, 174.86 Earth at Noon UTC
Low Tide 0.6m High Tide 1.7m – 1.1m tidal range
Preliminary Data 4 Events 2.587ML and 4.171ML
(updated 17.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG, FELT
3207574, -41.56759, 174.1864, 2009/12/12 13:42:53.2, 6, 2.802
3207633, -40.55858, 174.83305, 2009/12/12 16:32:55.7, 41, 2.651
3207634, -40.56383, 174.8586, 2009/12/12 16:38:06.5, 49, 4.171
3207655, -40.26239, 175.18788, 2009/12/12 17:44:52.4, 28, 2.587
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382,598 km Moon to -40.95, 174.86 Earth at Noon UTC
Low Tide 0.5m High Tide 1.7m – 1.2m tidal range
Preliminary Data 4 Events between 3.005ML and 3.666ML
(updated 14.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG, FELT
3206756, -40.60568, 174.32738, 2009/12/11 00:59:04.8, 87, 3.48
3206806, -40.49466, 174.69691, 2009/12/11 03:33:23.6, 21, 3.076
3206940, -41.07932, 174.31537, 2009/12/11 09:53:24.3, 67, 3.666
3206964, -41.03482, 174.55077, 2009/12/11 11:10:29.3, 39, 3.005
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378,660 km Moon to -40.95, 174.86 Earth at Noon UTC
Low Tide 0.5m High Tide 1.7m – 1.2m tidal range
Preliminary Data 6 Events 2.41ML and 4.109ML
(updated 12.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG, FELT
3206298, -40.5552, 174.8331, 2009/12/10 02:54:18.1, 45, 4.109
3206360, -39.9428, 174.599, 2009/12/10 05:36:44.0, 113, 3.119
3206365, -40.5408, 174.8053, 2009/12/10 05:46:50.3, 39, 2.633
3206422, -41.3019, 174.8837, 2009/12/10 08:28:46.2, 29, 2.415
3206430, -41.5585, 175.2008, 2009/12/10 08:54:34.9, 17, 2.41
3206671, -41.6068, 175.2438, 2009/12/10 20:54:03.7, 20, 2.937
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No earthquakes in the area today
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370,975 km Moon to -40.95, 174.86 Earth at Noon UTC
Low Tide 0.4m High Tide 1.8m – 1.4m tidal range
Preliminary Data 2 Events 2.843ML and 5.113ML
(updated 11.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG, FELT
3205610, -41.2579, 175.31882, 2009/12/08 16:46:19.7, 26, 2.843
3205715, -40.56085, 174.84932, 2009/12/08 22:09:25.4, 46, 5.113
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Preliminary data
1 event 1.973ML (micro)
18 events between 2.08ML and 2.966ML ( very minor)
3 events 3.077ML and 3.48ML ( minor)
23 total events
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367,698 km Moon to -40.95, 174.86 Earth at Noon UTC
Low Tide 0.5m High Tide 1.8m – 1.3m tidal range
Preliminary Data 2 Events 3.077ML and 3.48ML
(updated 10.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG, FELT
3204979, -40.20284, 174.90871, 2009/12/07 07:56:13.8, 12, 3.077
3205027, -40.20341, 174.92076, 2009/12/07 10:22:31.5, 16, 3.48
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367,698 km Moon to -40.95, 174.86 Earth at Noon UTC
Low Tide 0.5m High Tide 1.8m – 1.3m tidal range
Preliminary Data 4 Events between 2.427ML and 3.317ML
(updated 10.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG, FELT
3204333, -40.17917, 174.8123, 2009/12/06 00:31:11.9, 39, 2.461
3204627, -41.38795, 173.80637, 2009/12/06 15:06:26.0, 55, 3.317
3204633, -40.37484, 175.78465, 2009/12/06 15:19:25.7, 32, 2.427
3204747, -41.74623, 174.37048, 2009/12/06 20:42:15.4, 28, 2.637
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363,675 km Moon to -40.95, 174.86 Earth at Noon UTC
Low Tide 0.5m High Tide 1.8m – 1.3m tidal range
Preliminary Data 4 Events between 1.973ML and 2.562ML
(updated 10.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3203922, -41.29059, 175.29539, 2009/12/05 01:38:47.1, 31, 2.562
3204017, -40.12329, 174.88499, 2009/12/05 06:57:04.5, 27, 2.506
3204259, -41.26657, 175.23286, 2009/12/05 10:32:21.2, 26, 1.973
3204107, -40.11894, 175.06337, 2009/12/05 11:48:11.1, 12, 2.275
3204199, -40.3985, 175.77771, 2009/12/05 17:01:40.1, 30, 2.206
3204240, -40.49466, 173.70193, 2009/12/05 19:24:12.1, 99, 2.495
3204243, -40.82385, 175.70297, 2009/12/05 19:36:30.9, 23, 2.191
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Lunar Perigee at 14:13:00 UTC
363,416 km Moon to -40.95, 174.86 Earth at Noon UTC
Low Tide 0.5m High Tide 1.8m – 1.3m tidal range
Preliminary Data 4 Events between 2.08ML and 2.937ML
(updated 05.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3203532, -41.37914, 175.12198, 2009/12/04 04:17:49.7, 30, 2.779
3203686, -41.26191, 175.05606, 2009/12/04 12:08:01.0, 25, 2.08
3203704, -40.63329, 174.32484, 2009/12/04 13:14:52.3, 97, 2.937
3203730, -41.27269, 175.25308, 2009/12/04 14:46:48.1, 27, 2.137
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364,522 km Moon to -40.95, 174.86 Earth at Noon UTC
Low Tide 0.5m High Tide 1.7m – 1.2m tidal range
Preliminary Data 2 Events 2.888ML and 2.966ML
(updated 05.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3203031, -40.65014, 174.05791, 2009/12/03 00:34:04.7, 92, 2.888
3203282, -40.68011, 175.98189, 2009/12/03 14:52:36.6, 15, 2.966
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366,997 km Moon to -40.95, 174.86 Earth at Noon UTC
Low Tide 0.6m High Tide 1.7m – 1.1m tidal range
Preliminary Data 4 Events 2.478ML to 2.709ML
(updated 05.12.2009 NZDT)
REF, LAT, LONG, TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3202626, -41.07791, 175.09558, 2009/12/02 01:03:09.9, 27, 2.709
3202746, -41.88218, 174.26505, 2009/12/02 08:58:27.4, 22, 2.478
3202986, -41.14097, 174.70631, 2009/12/02 22:07:53.9, 33, 2.689
3202988, -41.08883, 175.05104, 2009/12/02 22:13:35.6, 29, 2.687
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no earthquakes in the area today
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Preliminary Data
1 events 1.921ML ( micro)
71 events between 2.016ML and 2.997ML ( very minor)
12 events 3.015ML and 3.69ML ( minor)
1 event 4.252ML ( light)
1 event 5.112Ml ( moderate)
86 total events
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Preliminary data
1 event 1.921ML
22 events between 2.16ML and 2.994ML ( very minor)
3 events 3.015ML and 3.69ML
26 total events
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On the daily maps each coloured dot or marker represents an earthquake, the colours indicate the size range.
Dots that are marked with a number and have a larger set of rings or a larger watermark around them are earthquakes that have been reported to as felt by the public.
Details of Felt Responses can be viewed in the Comment box at the end of each post.
When Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman first saw New Zealand in1642, he interpreted the Cook Strait area as a bight closed to the east. He named it Zeehaen's Bight, after one of the two ships in his expedition.
Below is a reproduction of the map Abel Tasman made back in 1642;
When Captain James Cook of the Royal Navy was exploring the South Pacific this bight was shown on Visscher's chart as Zeehaen's Bight but the Dutch had not determined if it was only a bay or the entrance to a passage back to the Pacific. Cook sailed on to find out the answer and on January 14th 1770 as he passed Kapiti, or Entry Island, he could see no end to the bay.
12th January 1770. Captain James Cook's account:
"At five the next morning, we steered S.E. by S. the coast inclining more southerly; and in about half an hour, we saw land bearing S.W. by S. for which we hauled up. At noon the north west extremity of the land in sight bore S. 63 W. and some high land, which had the appearance of an island lying under the main, bore S.S.E. distant five leagues. We were now in a bay, the bottom of which bearing south we could not see, though it was clear in that quarter. Our latitude by observation was 40.27 S. longitude 184.39W. At eight in the evening, we were within two leagues of the land which we had discovered in the morning, having run ten leagues since noon: the land which then bore S. 63 W. now bore N. 59 W. at the distance of seven or eight leagues, and had the appearance of an island.
Between this land and Cape Egmont (Mt. Taranaki) lies the bay, the west side of which was our situation at this time, and the land here is of a considerable height, and diversified by hill and valley"
On January 22, 1770, Cook rowed up Queen Charlotte Sound with Banks and Solander in the pinnace for about fifteen miles; but not finding an exit and accompanied by one sailor, he climbed a hill (1,268
feet) on the southeast side (on the present Arapawa Island). To the south, the intervening hills still seemed to hide the exit he sought (into Tory Channel). But he had abundant recompense for his trouble. Of a sudden he saw to the east what surely must be one of the fairest panoramas on earth. In the foreground were various inlets, their connections with the sound and the outlet of the channel still hidden. And just beyond the wooded hills lay a breath-taking sight of blue water extending unmistakably across his line of sight.
"I saw what I took to be the Eastern Sea and a strait or passage from it into the Western Sea. The land on the opposite side seem'd to trend away East as far as the Eye could see, to the SE appear'd as oppen Sea and this I took to be the Eastern.
He was looking northeast and east across Cook Strait that connects the Pacific Ocean with the Tasman Sea, and on the far side he could trace the coast of North Island extending southwest until it curves into the present location of Wellington Harbor. With no more effort than that of climbing a steep hill, Cook had solved the geographic problem that had eluded Tasman.
Cook Strait attracted European settlers in the early 19th century. Because of its use as a whale migration route, whalers established bases in the Marlborough Sounds and in the Kapiti area. From 1840 more permanent settlements sprang up, first at Wellington, then at Nelson and at Wanganui (Petre).
Captain Furneaux feels earthquake
On 10th May 1773, at Ship Cove, in the Marlborough Sounds Captain Furneaux of the 'Adventure' wintering at Motuara, records that "his shore-party felt two severe shocks of an earthquake , but received no kind of damage."
This was the first official written recording of an earthquake in New Zealand.
Cook Strait Faults
Four major faultlines run through the land mass north of Cook Strait (Lower North Island). The West Wairarapa fault runs through the Rimutaka Range; the Ohariu Fault runs close to the west coast, intersecting Porirua Harbour; while the Pukerua Fault starts at Oteranga Bay then continues along the coast. The Wellington Fault begins at Sinclair Head and carries right through the city along the western side of the harbour and through the Hutt Valley to the Tararua Range. Secondary splinter faultlines run off these primary faults, forming valleys.
The map below shows the " known" fault lines in the area.
Quake Frequency
On average there is normally a 2.0-2.9 and/or a 3.0-3.9ML quake somewhere in Cook Strait 5 out of 7 days a week, sometimes up to 4 per day.
Larger quakes are not so common.
Starting from the date 1942, and without going into too much detail here, on average most years there were at least one to three 5.0-5.9ML sized quakes (offshore) per year, except for the years 1944,1947,1958,1960,1962,1963,1964,
1978,1990,2001 and 2004 when there were no quakes above 5.0ML.
Noteable years for 5+ quakes (since 1942) were... 1948-(one 6.3ML and 3x 5.0+ML), 1949-(one 6.4Ml
and 2x 5.0+ML), 1950-(7x 5.0+ML), 1954-(4x 5.0+ML), 1959-(4x 5.0+ML), 1974-(5x 5.0+ML) and 2000-(5x 5.0+ML).
6.0- 6.4ML quakes occured in the following years, 1948-6.3, 1949-6.4, 1974-6.0, 1989-6.1, 1991-6.3, 1995-6.6 and 6.4, 2005-6.4, 2006-6.0.
All the large quakes above 6.5ML occured prior to 1897.
The map below is the area I have interpreted as Cook Strait, - from Wanganui in the N down the coast and through to Cape Palliser, Wellington in the SE, across to Cape Campbell in the South Island then along the coast through the Marlborough Sounds to the west of D' Urville Island then N to Wanganui.
I have plotted the 5.0ML plus earthquakes since 1840.
The largest earthquake ever recorded in New Zealand the Wairarapa 8.2 of 1855 has over the years been shown on maps in various locations, the latitude and longitude I have used is the latest researched estimated location on the western shore of Lake Wairarapa.
My favourite photos of Cook Strait, taken from the International Space Station
Data used in creating these maps is sourced from GEONET
Posts and Maps less than 30 days old show Preliminary Data only. It takes about a month for full analysis of the seismographs to read all the very minor and micro events.
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