16 Jul 2012

Two small quakes

5:54 am on 16 July 2012

Two small earthquakes occurred in the North Island on Sunday night.

The first, of magnitude 4.1, was recorded 10km west of Taihape at 9.31pm. It was at a depth of 4km.

GNS Science recorded a magnitude 3.1 quake 30km east of Pongaroa in northern Wairarapa, at 10.02pm. It was 25lm deep.