3 Feb 2014

Quake recorded off NZ coast

7:44 am on 3 February 2014

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of New Zealand on Sunday night.

The quake at 10.28pm was centred 730 kilometres out to sea east of Whakatane, at a depth of 33 kilometres.

GeoNet's initial automated report had put the magnitude at 5.1 and the location in the central North Island.