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Earthquake swarm suspected cause of landslide at Lake Okataina
25 Jan, 2021 08:08 PM
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Lakes Lodge Okataina owner Nick Berryman captured this footage of yesterday s earthquake.
Boulders bigger than a car have fallen during a landslide at Lake Okataina.
Lakes Lodge Okataina owner Nick Berryman said he saw and heard the landslide about 8.15am yesterday, during the strongest of a swarm of earthquakes that hit the region.
The largest, at 8.12am, measured 4.9 on the Richter Scale and struck at a depth of 5km, 20km east of Rotorua.
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It was a huge [landslide], Berryman said.
We heard it come down and saw all the dust. You could hear the rumbling and then see the dust as it was coming off the hill. ....

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