| Date & time | Mar 17, 2023 22:38:47 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 11:38 am (GMT +13) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.2 |
| Depth | 5.3 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.08887°S / 176.66475°E  (Kawerau District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand) |
| Antipode | 38.089°N / 3.335°W |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand) |
| Nearest volcano | Okataina (Tarawera) (15 km / 9 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 3 km (2 mi) WNW of Kawerau (pop: 6,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) SW of Edgecumbe (pop: 1,790) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) WSW of Whakatane (pop: 18,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 37 km (23 mi) E of Rotorua (pop: 65,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) SE of Tauranga (pop: 110,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 83 km (52 mi) NE of Taupo (Waikato) (pop: 22,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 126 km (78 mi) ESE of Hamilton (Waikato) (pop: 152,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 391 km (243 mi) NNE of Wellington (pop: 381,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  22°C (72 F), humidity: 81%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from NW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.3 x 1011 joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.2 | 5.3 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
| 4.4 | 10 km | 4.4 NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND | EMSC |
| 4.4 | 10 km | North Island, New Zealand | RaspberryShake |
