[GeoNet] Earthquake report

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                 INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL & NUCLEAR SCIENCES LTD.

        The following earthquake has been recorded by the Institute


        Reference number:     1523306
        Universal Time:       2000 May 17  0910
        NZ Standard Time:     2000 May 17  9.10 p.m.
        Latitude, Longitude:  37.96°S  176.69°E
        Location:             10 km west of Edgecumbe
        Focal depth:          147 km
        Richter magnitude:    5.4

Likely to have been felt in the Bay of Plenty
and central North Island. One felt report from
Wellington.