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155 cutwater road, Pukehina (35.7 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / complex motion difficult to describe / 15-20 s : It woke me up. And the aftershocks are still happening. I'm in bed and it's like someone is shaking the bed with me in it. Makes my legs jiggle
3466 Galatea road Rd1 Murupara 3079 / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / complex rolling (tilting in multiple directions) : Was woken up by several huge shakes this morning, around 5 big shakes and in the middle of each of those shakes it would calm down but it was still shaking in circle motion . Dogs were going off I was afraid the roof would rip off because I could hear cracks etc
Rotorua / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 15-20 s : The whole house swaying side to side for roughly 15/20secs, 10/15mins later, the same event occured but lighter.
Murupara (37.6 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 10-15 s : Woke me up. Lights swaying! House shaking. Water in pool outside swaying out of pool.
Paengaroa (36.8 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s
Kawerau (1.6 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Items falling from height.
Rotorua (30.9 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 5-10 s
40.1 km WSW of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 2-5 s : Light shaking
234 Downard Road White Pine Bush Bay of Plenty / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Had never experienced an earthquake before. Wonderment.
Rotorua / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 10-15 s
Papakura / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Weak shaking
10 domett st kawerau / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 20-30 s : Dishes falling, paintings off the wall, ornaments breaking, things shaken off shelves.
Pukehina / not felt / 10-15 s : In my campervan. Campervan rocking
Lake tarawera / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : Light shaking with numerous little after shocks
Tauranga / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 1-2 s
Rotorua / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / very short : Light shaking
Rotora / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Weak shaking we were both woken by our camper van shaking
Kawerau / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging : Moderate shaking
Kaingaroa Forest Village, Rotorua, New Zealand (39.3 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 20-30 s : Hard shake, almost knocked me out of bed. Brief, but startling.
Okere Falls Rotorua / Weak shaking (MMI III) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 1-2 s
32 beach access (29 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Maketu / Light shaking (MMI IV) / very short : Shaking
River Road Kawerau / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Glass smashing, heart is racing
KAWERAU / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 5-10 s
Te puna ta / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s (reported through our app)
Tauranga / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / vibration and rolling / 15-20 s
Kawerau / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : Strong rocking shake
Te puke / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating
Whakatane (27.1 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : So scary
