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title: "Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 hits east coast of New Zealand's North Island"
description: "Most outlets reported the earthquake's magnitude, location, and the source of the information, with a focus on the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The framing was largely uniform, with both excerpts highlighting the 5.9-magnitude tremor and its location off the east coast of the North Island. One outlet added a brief mention of a separate, smaller 2.9-magnitude earthquake in passing."
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# Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 hits east coast of New Zealand's North Island

world · latest filing 2 Aug 2026, 4:00 PM PKT · 2 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the earthquake's magnitude, location, and the source of the information, with a focus on the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The framing was largely uniform, with both excerpts highlighting the 5.9-magnitude tremor and its location off the east coast of the North Island. One outlet added a brief mention of a separate, smaller 2.9-magnitude earthquake in passing.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Business Recorder** — [Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits east coast of North Island in New Zealand, GFZ says](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40432972/magnitude-59-earthquake-hits-east-coast-of-north-island-in-new-zealand-gfz-says) · 2 Aug 2026, 4:00 PM PKT
  > An earthquake ​measuring magnitude ‌5.9 struck off ​the east ​coast of New ⁠Zealand’s ​North Island ​on Sunday, the German ​Research ​Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) ‌said. Mild 2.9-magnitude earthquake strikes parts of Karachi The ⁠quake hit at a depth ​of ​10 ⁠km (6 miles), ​according ​to ⁠GFZ.
- **The News International** — [New Zealand: Magnitude 5.9 tremor hits east coast of North Island](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1411005-new-zealand-magnitude-59-tremor-hits-east-coast-of-north-island) · 2 Aug 2026, 2:30 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing
  > A magnitude 5.9 struck off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island on Sunday sending shocks across the region on Sunday. According to the German Research for Geosciences said that the quake hit at a depth of about 10km with maritime surveillance monitoring the coast for aftershocks. The...

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