Aotearoa Earthquake and Volcano Forecast Service

Aotearoa Summary. 6 January 2016 - 8 January 2016

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Quake activity may increase.
Magnitude 4+ risk areas are East Cape, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Taumarunui, Wairoa, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Eketahuna, Cook Strait, South Taranaki Bight, Kahurangi, Murchison, St Arnaud, Kaikoura, South Awatere Valley, North Canterbury, Hunter Valley, Fiordland, South of Fiordland.
Volcanoes quiet.

Summary.
8 January. Hunter Valley 2.4, Southeast of Turangi 3.6, Fiordland 3.2
No local quakes above Mag 4 during the period. Quakes ended on 5 January.
An undersea eruption Kermadecs/Tonga on 7 January was likely but no visual confirmation made.