A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of the North Island this afternoon - the biggest since Friday morning's magnitude 7.1 quake that struck at 2.27am. Today's 6.1 quake hit at 1.16pm 140km, east of Te Araroa in the Gisborne region, at a depth of 33km. The 6.1 quake comes after a number of small tremors had been felt off the coast of East Cape overnight and this morning. At 10.30am, a 5.4 magnitude quake struck 125km east of Te Araroa at a depth of 12km, a magnitude 4.4 quake struck 135km east of Te Araroa at 8.56am today at a depth of 12km. A flurry of 12 small earthquakes registering between 3 and 4.7 also occurred between 6pm and 9am off the coast of Te Araroa.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 05, 2021 22:44 UTC