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GeoNet monitor

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GeoNet monitor

This monitoring screen at GeoNet headquarters in Lower Hutt shows the effect of a magnitude 4.0 earthquake recorded at Makara, near Wellington, on 28 February 2005. The epicentre was about 60 kilometres west of Makara.

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Eileen McSaveney, Earthquakes – Living with earthquakes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4414/geonet-monitor (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2017.