A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Napier in New Zealand. The temblor was picked up at 03:38:08 / 3:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.72 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 176.9964 East, latitude -39.5429 South, depth = 7.72 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/05/16 / 2016-05-24 15:38:08 / May 24, 2016 @ 3:38 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20005z7l. Event ids that are associated: us20005z7l.
Earthquake epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Hastings (c. 61 700 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Napier (c. 56 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Taradale (c. 16 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hastings, Taradale, Napier (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km SE of Napier, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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