A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Castlepoint in New Zealand. Unique identifier: us20003luj. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003luj. Exact location, longitude 176.461° East, latitude -40.3215° South, depth = 57.3 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 11:47:05 / September 19, 2015 @ 11:47 am UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:47:05 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.3 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Masterton, Taradale, Hastings (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Palmerston North (c. 76 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Hastings (c. 61 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Masterton (c. 20 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Taradale (c. 16 600 pop). Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 67 km NNE of Castlepoint, New Zealand.
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