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Edgecumbe / Weak shaking (MMI III) / complex motion difficult to describe / 15-20 s
| Date & time | Mar 17, 2023 20:54:11 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 9:54 am (GMT +13) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4 |
| Depth | 4.2 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.04724°S / 176.71787°E  (Kawerau District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand) |
| Antipode | 38.047°N / 3.282°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking |
| Felt | 1 report |
| Primary data source | GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand) |
| Nearest volcano | Okataina (Tarawera) (21 km / 13 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 6 km (4 mi) NNE of Kawerau (pop: 6,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 12 km (8 mi) SW of Edgecumbe (pop: 1,790) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 25 km (16 mi) WSW of Whakatane (pop: 18,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 43 km (26 mi) ENE of Rotorua (pop: 65,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 50 km (31 mi) W of Opotiki (pop: 4,040) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) SE of Tauranga (pop: 110,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 129 km (80 mi) ESE of Hamilton (Waikato) (pop: 152,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 397 km (247 mi) NNE of Wellington (pop: 381,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  18.8°C (66 F), humidity: 98%, wind: 0 m/s (1 kts) from NNW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.0 | 4.2 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
| 3.7 | 7.6 km | North Island, New Zealand | RaspberryShake |
| 4.1 | 4 km | NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND | EMSC |
| 3.7 | 7.6 km | 12 Km NW of Kawerau, New Zealand | USGS |
