Earthquakes shake Whakatāne residents in early morning
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Save Earthquakes swarm around Whakatāne. Photo / File
Whakatāne residents may have had a shaky start to the morning after a swarm of earthquakes were recorded off the coast.
A swarm of earthquakes have hit this week off the coast of Whakatāne. Photo / GeoNetGeonet recorded nine earthquakes near Moutohora Island, off the coast of Whakatāne since June 4.
Two this morning were recorded 45km north of the Eastern Bay of Plenty town
- one at 3.46am magnitude 4.2 and the other at 4.52am magnitude 4.0.
On Monday Geonet recorded a total of six earthquakes no more than 10km off the coast of Whakatāne.