A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Wairoa in New Zealand. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.36 km (19 miles). Exact location of event, depth 30.36 km, 177.4107° East, -39.2576° South. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:02:16 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us100048gh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100048gh. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/12/15 / 2015-12-20 10:02:16 / December 20, 2015 @ 10:02 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Hastings (c. 61 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Napier (c. 56 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Gisborne (c. 34 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Taradale (c. 16 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gisborne, Hastings, Taradale. Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 25 km S of Wairoa, New Zealand.
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