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Manawahe / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / vertical swinging (up and down) / 5-10 s (reported through our app)
Kawerau / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Ground and house shaking vigorously, windows shaking fire place shaking
| Date & time | Mar 18, 2023 05:09:58 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 6:09 pm (GMT +13) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.5 |
| Depth | 3.7 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.05533°S / 176.69672°E  (Kawerau District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand) |
| Antipode | 38.055°N / 3.303°W |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking |
| Felt | 2 reports |
| Primary data source | GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand) |
| Nearest volcano | Okataina (Tarawera) (19 km / 12 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 5 km (3 mi) N of Kawerau (pop: 6,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 14 km (9 mi) SW of Edgecumbe (pop: 1,790) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Whakatane (pop: 18,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 41 km (25 mi) ENE of Rotorua (pop: 65,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 62 km (39 mi) SE of Tauranga (pop: 110,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 88 km (55 mi) NE of Taupo (Waikato) (pop: 22,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 128 km (79 mi) ESE of Hamilton (Waikato) (pop: 152,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 395 km (246 mi) NNE of Wellington (pop: 381,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Scattered Clouds  21.1°C (70 F), humidity: 82%, wind: 0 m/s (1 kts) from N |
| 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 | 3.7 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
| 3.5 | 4 km | North Island, New Zealand | RaspberryShake |
| 3.5 | 4 km | NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND | EMSC |
