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Te teko / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single lateral shake / very short
| Date & time | Mar 18, 2023 01:32:24 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 2:32 pm (GMT +13) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.4 |
| Depth | 5.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.08968°S / 176.67303°E  (Kawerau District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand) |
| Antipode | 38.09°N / 3.327°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking |
| Felt | 1 report |
| Primary data source | GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand) |
| Nearest volcano | Okataina (Tarawera) (16 km / 10 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 3 km (2 mi) WNW of Kawerau (pop: 6,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 18 km (11 mi) SW of Edgecumbe (pop: 1,790) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) WSW of Whakatane (pop: 18,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 38 km (24 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 84 km (52 mi) NE of Taupo (Waikato) (pop: 22,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 127 km (79 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 | Scattered Clouds  23.8°C (75 F), humidity: 43%, wind: 0 m/s (1 kts) from NW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 7.9 x 109 joules (2.21 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.4 | 5 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
| 3.5 | 5 km | North Island, New Zealand | RaspberryShake |
| 3.5 | 5 km | 3.5 NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND | EMSC |
