Aotearoa Earthquake and Volcano Forecast Service

Aotearoa Summary. 27 December 2016

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Magnitude 6 risk areas are Upper Crooked River, Culverden, Kaikoura, Offshore Kaikoura, Seaward Kaikouras, Lower Clarence, Upper Waima River, Ward, Cape Campbell, Eastern Tararuas, Eketahuna, Dannevirke, Waipukurau, Cape Kidnappers.
Magnitude 5 risk areas are Mid Awatere/Upcot Saddle, Southwest of Wellington, Northern Cook Strait, Levin, Orongorongo River, Wairoa, Gisborne, Urewera, Murupara, Taupo, Tokoroa, Rotorua, Eastern Bay of Plenty, East Cape, Northeast of East Cape.
Magnitude 4 risk areas are Fiordland, Franz Josef, St Arnaud.
North Wairarapa is higher risk.
Big Pacific quakes could continue after the 26 December Chile 7.6.
Be careful.
Volcanoes quiet.

Summary.
Local and Pacific quakes were quiet after the big Christmas Day Chile 7.6.