| Date & time | Mar 18, 2023 12:01:28 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 1:01 am (GMT +13) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.5 |
| Depth | 5.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.09947°S / 176.66187°E  (Kawerau District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand) |
| Antipode | 38.099°N / 3.338°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) (14 km / 9 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 3 km (2 mi) W of Kawerau (pop: 6,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 20 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 82 km (51 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 389 km (242 mi) NNE of Wellington (pop: 381,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky  16°C (61 F), humidity: 97%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from S |
| 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 | 5 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
| 3.6 | 5 km | North Island, New Zealand | RaspberryShake |
| 3.6 | 5 km | 3.6 NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND | EMSC |
