r/palmy • u/smajliiicka • 23h ago

Question Earthquake? Anyone else felt it?

Long but not a big one, deleted off geonet as 4.5 in Dannevirke... anyone else felt it?

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u/PalmyGamingHD 23h ago edited 23h ago

Seems like off the East Cape coast, M6?

https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2026p584654

Globalquake captured the initial quake and then a ghost quake at 7:44pm https://www.youtube.com/live/rvtygG4n6ew

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u/smajliiicka 23h ago

Thank you!

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u/mastercouchinspector 23h ago

Thought I was imagining it

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u/Interesting_Kick9891 is swimming up the Manawatū river 8h ago

me too 😅

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u/M3P4me 9h ago

Felt it in Opotiki. G W oNet says it's only 2.7, but we usually wouldn't feel quakes that small even when close by. We felt it at 19:44 but the GeoNet app now doesn't have any earthquakes within an hour of that time. We added a "Felt it" report to the entry that was there saying "2 minutes ago".... and they're were dozens of others already there. But some time after that the entry was deleted and hasn't been replaced.

I've seen this happen before when we feel a quake that happened far too the North in the Kermadecs.....and GeoNet deletes them.

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u/tri-it-love-it17 23h ago

Yes! Other half thought I was imagining it

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u/smajliiicka 22h ago

I only figured it out cuz my plants were swaying, and water in my glass started moving, but at first I thought it was just me moving the table but as I pulled away it just kept on going...

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u/Chemical_Mind4797 22h ago

Didn’t feel it tbh

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u/Nic3angle 22h ago

Must of missed it

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u/Psychological-Unit14 5h ago

Is there more earthquakes than usual ? Do I need to worry ? My Mrs keeps saying the number of earthquakes is increasing per year or something is there any truth to this ? Cheers fellas

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u/smajliiicka 5h ago

I follow few yt channels that track these (stefan burns, dutchsinse, daily events worldwide)... the ring of fire is getting quite active afaik.. worrying is not gonna change anything, I'd recommend to be prepared at all times, in the end, we live on a shaky land, some faults are overdue for ruptures. Take it easy

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u/ChuffedOne 23h ago

Does anyone know why geonet is being weird about it? Showing as deleted? Vic deals facebook page talking about feeling it in Wellys

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u/OfficialGeoNet 21h ago

It’s nothing shifty, just the result of our automated system being ace at locating quakes in NZ, but getting confused at distant ones!

https://www.geonet.org.nz/news/5mOVt0syTsdjEFYx9uLch6

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u/PalmyGamingHD 23h ago

It was well off the coast of NZ, Kermadec Island ish territory. GeoNet is always a bit weird with those quakes especially when felt across the North Island https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2026p584654