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19 May - 12:17 pm NZ
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Magnitude 6 quake near White Island
Updated at 3:08 pm on 1 September 2009
An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale has been recorded 60km north of White Island, off the coast of Whakatane.
Although significant in magnitude, the quake at 12.18pm on Tuesday afternoon was at a depth of 250 kilometres.
GNS Science says the tremor was centred about 100km from both Tauranga and Whangamata.
White Island, New Zealand's most active cone volcano, was last in a state of frequent eruption from 1976 to 2000.
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