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A sharp jolt's been felt in Hawke's Bay with a light 3.8 magnitude earthquake shaking the region

16 June 2025

Geonet's recorded the quake at a depth of 34 kilometres, south of Hastings.

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Other Lower North Island News

08 Jan: More than four million dollars worth of the stupefying drug Fantasy has been seized from a storage container in Wairarapa

07 Jan: Police are urging drivers to slow down, saying they've seen worrying speeds in the Manawatu region over the past couple of weeks

07 Jan: Its sixty years today since a tragedy on Lake Taupo claimed the lives of four Wanganui Collegiate students

06 Jan: Construction's underway on new flood resilience for a road in Hawke's Bay's Omahu

05 Jan: A call for the urgent return of seven turtles stolen in Hastings

05 Jan: A man has serious injuries understood to have been stabbed with an eel spear, in suburban Hastings

03 Jan: MetService is forecasting severe weather to batter the North Island's East Coast this weekend

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