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A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has hit near New Plymouth

31 May 2020

GeoNet says it struck at 2.35 this afternoon - and was recorded at a depth of 10 kilometres and was located about 35 kilometres north of the city.

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Other Upper North Island News

06 Dec: A new DOC trial hopes to manage increasing deer numbers in a remote part of Waikato

04 Dec: Police are asking people to come forward with information on a 44-year-old Waikato man, last seen three weeks ago

01 Dec: Police have named a man killed in an altercation in New Plymouth last month - as 68-year-old Martin James Mooney

30 Nov: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of Kaipara, Auckland City, Waikato, Waitakere, Franklin, Rodney and Albany areas

30 Nov: A man's been arrested after a gun shot was allegedly let off yesterday, near a popular Thames swimming hole

28 Nov: State Highway 36 Pyes Pa Road near Tauranga is blocked, after a car collided with a power pole

26 Nov: A person has died after a two-truck crash on Waikato's State Highway Two near Maramarua about 11.30 this morning

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