| Date & time | Jan 6, 2023 21:08:18 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Jan 7, 2023 at 10:08 am (GMT +13) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.4 |
| Depth | 156.5 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.37873°S / 175.87727°E  (Taupo District, Waikato, New Zealand) |
| Antipode | 38.379°N / 4.123°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand) |
| Nearest volcano | Maroa (18 km / 11 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 16 km (10 mi) S of Tokoroa (pop: 14,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 38 km (24 mi) NNW of Taupo (pop: 22,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 42 km (26 mi) SW of Rotorua (Bay of Plenty) (pop: 65,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 64 km (40 mi) S of Matamata (pop: 6,310) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 68 km (42 mi) SE of Cambridge (pop: 15,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 81 km (50 mi) SSW of Tauranga (Bay of Plenty) (pop: 110,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) SE of Hamilton (pop: 152,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 337 km (209 mi) NNE of Wellington (pop: 381,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Moderate Rain  19°C (66 F), humidity: 98%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from ESE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 7.9 x 109 joules (2.21 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.4 | 157 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
| 3.4 | 156 km | North Island, New Zealand | RaspberryShake |
| 3.4 | 156 km | NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND | EMSC |
