An earthquake measuring 5.2 shook parts of the North Island's East Coast at 5.17pm on Thursday.
GNS Science says it was centred off the coast, 240km north-east of Gisborne and 180km east of Te Araroa. It was 56km deep.
3 Aug 2012
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