MON 19 OCTOBER 2026

Magnitude 3.7 earthquake rattles Hawke’s Bay

By Hawke's Bay NewsPublished 12:49pm, Monday 19 October 2026
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Earthquake map from Geonet.

More than 1300 people reported feeling an earthquake near Napier late on Monday morning.

The magnitude 3.7 quake struck at 11.54am, with its epicentre located 5km south of Napier, near the mouth of Te Awa o Mokotūāraro (formerly the Clive River).

GeoNet classified the shaking as light.

By 12.30pm, more than 1300 felt reports had been submitted, with people from Bay View to Waipawa reporting shaking ranging from weak to severe.