A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Takaka in New Zealand. Unique identifier: us10004agf. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004agf. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:50:48 / 7:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/15 / 2015-12-30 19:50:48 / December 30, 2015 @ 7:50 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 173.4378° East, -40.6322° South, depth 144.97 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 144.97 km (90 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 Richmond, Nelson, Motueka (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Richmond (c. 14 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Motueka (c. 7 500 pop).
Every 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 two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 59 km ENE of Takaka, New Zealand.
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