| Date & time | Jan 18, 2023 05:02:09 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Wednesday, Jan 18, 2023 at 6:02 pm (GMT +13) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.9 |
| Depth | 5.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.59158°S / 176.19116°E  (Taupo District, Waikato, New Zealand) |
| Antipode | 38.592°N / 3.809°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand) |
| Nearest volcano | Maroa (21 km / 13 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 9 km (6 mi) ENE of Wairakei (pop: 510) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 14 km (9 mi) NE of Taupo (pop: 22,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 49 km (30 mi) SE of Tokoroa (pop: 14,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 51 km (31 mi) S of Rotorua (Bay of Plenty) (pop: 65,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 55 km (34 mi) NE of Turangi (pop: 3,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 99 km (61 mi) SW of Whakatane (Bay of Plenty) (pop: 18,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 120 km (75 mi) SE of Hamilton (pop: 152,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 323 km (201 mi) NNE of Wellington (pop: 381,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  19°C (66 F), humidity: 50%, wind: 3 m/s (7 kts) from ESE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.4 x 109 joules (392 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.338 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.9 | 5 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
| 3.2 | 5 km | North Island, New Zealand | RaspberryShake |
| 3.2 | 5 km | 3.2 NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND | EMSC |
