Very Strong deep earthquake off the coast of the North Island of New Zealand
Last update: February 16, 2013 at 10:43 am by By Ashish Khanal
Update 06:25 UTC : Below Geonet’s intensity map. On the exception of 7 people, the vast majority experienced a weak shaking (also on the South Island). The South Island intensities can be explained by the depth of the hypocenter.
Update 06:20 UTC : The greater epicenter area is seismically very active as one can see on the lower map. The epicenter is located on top of the subducted plate.
Update 06:01 UTC : The epicenter was at a +200 km out of the coast which makes that the shaking on land was limited to weak or even very weak shaking
A very strong earthquake occurred off the coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The hypocenter was very deep in the hot solid mantle of the earth.
219km (136mi) ENE of Tairua, New Zealand
223km (139mi) NNE of Whakatane, New Zealand
240km (149mi) NE of Tauranga, New Zealand
274km (170mi) NE of Rotorua, New Zealand
639km (397mi) NNE of Wellington, New Zealand
Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 6.3
Local Time (conversion only below land) : Unknown
GMT/UTC Time : 2013-02-16 05:16:09
from: http://earthquake-report.com/2013/02/16/very-strong-earthquake-te-araroa-on-february-16-2013/