M5.9 in southern Hawke's Bay - 2023, Apr 26

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M5.9 in southern Hawke's Bay - 2023, Apr 26

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M5.9 at 22 km deep within 5 km of Porangahau at 10:16am today, followed by an M5.4 aftershock 3 minutes later...

https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2023p310616
https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2023p310621


Reports of some damage...

'Hawke’s Bay earthquakes: ‘Severe’ quakes strike region, felt widely across North Island' - NZ Herald
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