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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

02 Jul: A 34-year-old woman's died, after a two-vehicle crash last Thursday on State Highway Two in Tauranga

30 Jun: A 17-year-old missing for almost a week in Auckland - after moving from Waikato, has been found safe and well

29 Jun: A Waikato Police officer's triggered an audit of the use of the police database, after making over a thousand checks of a person while off-duty.

29 Jun: Waikato children are benefiting from an intiative providing free dental surgery

28 Jun: A person's died on the scene of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian on Tokoroa's Lomond Avenue

28 Jun: Police are appealing for information after a dog walker was sexually assaulted, in Waikato's Tokoroa yesterday night

26 Jun: A second person has been arrested in relation to a toddler's death in Northland's Kaikohe

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