Aotearoa Quake Summary. 4 March 2020 - 15 March 2020

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9 March.
Southern Kaimai Ranges 4.7 2.57am
14 March.
Hikurangi 4.5 11.03pm EMSC
10km Northwest of Porangahau 4.3 11.06pm

Low level persistent solar wind continued through the period with occasional quakes.
The 14 March 11.05pm North of East Cape 5.9 recorded by Geonet was a ghost quake from the 11.01pm 300km North of Raoul Island 6.3.
The real quakes felt by many people were the Hikurangi 4.5, widely felt in Bay of Plenty and the smaller Porangahau 4.3.
Solar wind is likely to pick up again from 16 March into a long and possibly active period with eruption possibilities.

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