I was just typing a comment ion Adrian's blog when the desk and chair and plant on the desk started to shake. Another 'quake. I filled in the on-line report and submitted it. A few minutes later the official data came up on my screen. The quake was near Rotorua. That's 223 ks away by road. A friend Anna from Scotland is in Rotorua this evening. That'll have rattled her teeth.
Magnitude 5.5, Tuesday, January 18 2011 at 9:45 pm (NZDT), Within 5 km of Rotorua.
Quake Details
Information about this earthquake:[View event in Google Earth]
| Reference Number | 3449463/G |
|---|---|
| Universal Time | January 18 2011 at 8:45 |
| NZ Daylight Time | Tuesday, January 18 2011 at 9:45 pm |
| Latitude, Longitude | 38.12°S, 176.18°E |
| Focal Depth | 150 km |
| Richter magnitude | 5.5 |
| Region | Rotorua |
| Location |
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Widely felt in the North Island.
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5.5 is a pretty good jolt! Let's hope all of these earthquakes are just relieving pressure all over the world. They were rockin' and rollin' in CA too.
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