| Date & time | Mar 17, 2023 23:02:12 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 12:02 pm (GMT +13) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.5 |
| Depth | 6.7 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.07051°S / 176.66965°E  (Kawerau District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand) |
| Antipode | 38.071°N / 3.33°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand) |
| Nearest volcano | Okataina (Tarawera) (16 km / 10 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 4 km (3 mi) NW of Kawerau (pop: 6,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 17 km (11 mi) SW of Edgecumbe (pop: 1,790) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 30 km (19 mi) WSW of Whakatane (pop: 18,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 38 km (24 mi) ENE of Rotorua (pop: 65,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 61 km (38 mi) SE of Tauranga (pop: 110,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 85 km (53 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 393 km (244 mi) NNE of Wellington (pop: 381,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  22.7°C (73 F), humidity: 79%, wind: 0 m/s (1 kts) from WNW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.1 x 1010 joules (3.12 megawatt hours, equivalent to 2.68 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.5 | 6.7 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
| 3.4 | 7 km | North Island, New Zealand | RaspberryShake |
| 3.4 | 7 km | NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND | EMSC |
