1987 Edgecumbe earthquake
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1987 Edgecumbe earthquake
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The 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake measured 6.5 on the moment magnitude scale and struck the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand at 1.42 pm on 2 March. The hypocentre was at a shallow depth of 8 km. The epicentre was 2.24 kilometres (1.39 mi) south-south-east of the town of Matata, and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north-north-west of Edgecumbe, on the Rangitaiki Plains. It was the most damaging earthquake New Zealand had experienced since the 1968 Inangahua earthquake.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Edgecumbe_earthquake
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2005-04-26T11:53:24Z
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2024-09-05T12:00:35Z
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