Aotearoa Earthquake and Volcano Forecast Service

Forecast for 28 July 2014 - 31 July 2014

Quake activity may increase. Magnitude 4+ risk areas are Fiordland, East Cape, Bay of Plenty, Hawkes Bay. Summary. 28 July West of Motueka 4.2, south of Kermadecs 4.2. 29 July Auckland 4.3. 30 July East of Hawkes Bay 4.2? 31 July Kermadecs 5.1, north of East Cape 3.9. Steady quake activity on 28-29 July in many western regions was too deep to be felt at the surface. Activity switched to the forecasted locations and weakened during 30-31 July. Weather conditions have become warm and wet (from 27 July Facebook posting) Standard Weather Services are calling for moderate rain Saturday/Sunday and a light W-SW change next week. Watch out for an intensification of the weekend rain and maybe a cold, wet SW storm next week. Watch out for extreme global weather conditions during August.