http://www.geonet.org.nz/recent_quakes.html
http://www.geonet.org.nz/latest.html
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But I live in an area that gets very few earthquakes 
Well then Elvis should have lived there, he then, could have really “shook, rattle and roll.”
Iowa, being so far inland has has a few in the past. There is a fault line to my north. From Cedar Rapids to Boone. However here are some urls as well
http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/browse/earthqua/iowa_quakes.htm
Quake: Iowa is shaken, not stirred
It’s the state’s first recorded epicenter
By PERRY BEEMAN
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
July 17, 2004
Earthshaking facts
Brian,
Is there a lot of damage with these quakes or are most of them mild? If California had that many quakes it would be total destruction.
That is a lot of activity.
CA is 60% bigger than NZ and gets maybe 40 a day greater than a 1.0, usually with something close to a 3.0 as the biggest. Bigger than a 3.0 is pretty rare.
yes, those 4 mag quakes occuring in the Bay of Plenty at the moment are setting off slips after they had 350mm over the weekend
trhy are strong enough to be felt …the make light fitings rock back and forth
NZ gets lots of 3.5 to 4 mag earthquakes…
there are places in NZ, i.e around the volcanis zones, where feeling an earthquake is a commen thing
NZ is home to worlds largest eruption…lake Taupo…it was heard by the Chinese the last time it erupted 1500 years ago
its due to go again…and ash from it was a foot thick here, and I am 4 hours drive away!