The impact of a 3.4 magnitude earthquake shortly after midnight was felt in Warkworth and Aotea/Great Barrier, but went largely unnoticed on Waiheke last Wednesday 16 July.
The epicentre was approximately 55km east of Whangārei at a depth of 5km according to Geo Net, New Zealand’s natural hazard monitoring system. The earthquake is the eighth largest since the previous quake, measuring 4.1 in 2019.
• Avneesh Vincent
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