Aotearoa Earthquake and Volcano Forecast Service

Forecast for 29 January 2014 - 1 February 2014

Quake activity may increase. Magnitude 4+ risk areas and times are South of Fiordland 6am, 6pm; Eketahuna midday, midnight. Summary. 28 January. South of Fiordland 4.6 (USGS) 29 January. Eketahuna 3.9 31 January. North of East Cape 3.9, East Cape 3.9, Wellington 3,5 1 February. South Clarence 4.1
2 February. Fiordland 4.0 (USGS), Blenheim 3.9, Murchison 3.9, Kermadecs 6.5, February 3. Kermadecs 5.1 Very strong lunar conditions gave excellent tidal correlations with nearly every summarised quake within 1.5 hours of low tide and a couple high tide. Solar activity by contrast was very mild but did cook up a late Kermadec quake storm, widely felt across Aotearoa.