The aftershocks of two powerful earthquakes that roiled the country shook communities for hours.
World
2:01pm
The Football Ferns were set to play a two-match series against Panama, with the first game due to kick off on Sunday.
Saturday 3:23pm
Two powerful 7.7 and 6.6 magnitude earthquakes and a series of aftershocks roiled southern Panama, collapsing buildings near the epicentre.
Saturday 2:30pm
The quake struck at around 3am, 25 kilometres east of New Plymouth at a depth of 11km.
New Zealand
Sat, Oct 3
The people of La Guaira never stood a chance on June 24 when powerful, back-to-back quakes struck.
Wed, Sep 30
According to GeoNet, the tremor struck at 4.28pm, around 155km north of Te Araroa.
Mon, Sep 21
The museum is not expected to reopen for another two years, with attention turning to exhibition development and the return of the museum’s collections and taonga.
Fri, Sep 18
Geonet said the quake struck at 10.44am at a depth of 82km around 70km south-west of Waverley.
Tue, Sep 15
More than 600 people reported feeling the shake, which struck near Taumarunui.
Fri, Sep 11
The tremor struck about 15km north of Ōpunake at 6.46am on Sunday, according to GeoNet.
Sun, Sep 6
The 4.9 magnitude quake struck 30 kilometres north-west of Paraparaumu just after 6.30am.
Sat, Sep 5
Earlier, Edith Cavell Bridge was closed while engineers inspected the structure, Queenstown Lakes District Council said.
Thu, Sep 3
The quakes struck north-east of Milford Sound at 6.13pm and 6.57pm.
Wed, Sep 2
"You could end up with infrastructure on one side and a generator on the other."
Fri, Aug 14
According to GeoNet, the tremor occurred at around 6.55pm, around 15km west of Whakatāne at a depth of 5km.
Tue, Aug 11
Beyond collapsed buildings and the immediate toll on human lives, there are other impacts.
Mon, Aug 10
Deep Kermadec trench quake generated thousands of felt reports before GeoNet’s system briefly detected a phantom tremor near Dannevirke.
Thu, Aug 6
The quakes are clustered in time rather than location, and there are "absolutely no trends" to suggest a larger one is coming, seismologist Bill Fry says.
Mon, Aug 3
GeoNet said the quake struck 10km south-west of Te Araroa at around 8.35pm at a depth of about 39km.
Sun, Aug 2
"At 102 kms deep it was felt across Southland, with around 1500 felt reports," GeoNet said.
Sat, Aug 1
According to GeoNet, the 4.6-magnitude quake struck at 11.09pm, 30 kilometres north-west of Porirua, at a depth of 38km.
Experts warn earthquakes can strike anywhere in New Zealand, urging communities to prepare after two major tremors rocked large parts of the country in a week.
Sun, Jul 26
Nikita Phillips and her family escaped by seconds when a cliff gave way onto SH3 in the Awakino Gorge in the early hours of the morning.
Sat, Jul 25
The tremor, the largest recorded in the area, struck at 4.51am on Saturday and was centred 5km south-west of Taumarunui at a depth of 9km.
Explainer
Some North Islanders received earthquake alerts before they felt the ground shake, thanks to a system that turns Android phones into a giant seismic detection network.
